[U] (informal) talk that is friendly and amusing but probably not true, and which may be used to persuade or trick you
ORIGIN From Blarney, a castle in Ireland where there is a stone which is said to have magical powers: anyone who kisses the 'Blarney stone' is given the gift of speaking persuasively ('the gift of the gab').
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