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No malarkey: Biden granddaughter sports old-school phrase during speech

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden makes a brief speech in a virtual DNC on Tuesday night. His granddaughter wears a "no malarkey" T-shirt.(Courtesy PBS 太子探花Hour)
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden makes a brief speech in a virtual DNC on Tuesday night. (Courtesy PBS 太子探花Hour)

Joe Biden is the Democratic presidential nominee 鈥 and that鈥檚 no malarkey.

His granddaughter Maisy Biden was among those who ran up to him after he was formally nominated Tuesday night, sporting a 鈥渘o malarkey鈥 T-shirt.

The phrase has long been a favorite of Biden鈥檚, so much so that he at one point had it painted on the side of his campaign bus. But in the past, Biden has gotten some grief for using a phrase many feel sounds outdated 鈥 or to younger people, a complete mystery without having to Google it.

Earlier in his campaign, late-night hosts had a lot of fun with it. Trevor Noah of 鈥淭he Daily Show鈥 was one of them:

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