bunkum or buncombe(ˈbʌŋkəm
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Definitions
noun
- empty talk; nonsense
- mainly US empty or insincere speechmaking by a politician to please voters or gain publicity
Word Origin
C19: after Buncombe, a county in North Carolina, alluded to in an inane speech by its Congressional representative Felix Walker (about 1820)Usage examples
`Don't believe that bunkum about opals being unlucky," said the note that accompanied it.
, The Ambassador's Women (1986)In reality, the notion that home-grown talent is suffering as a result of foreign imports is complete and utter bunkum.
Spiked (2002)The idea that -in the words of his former teacher -Woodgate is a lovely, modest, well-behaved man is bunkum.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Peter Nichols told me this story - it's the perfect answer to all the psychological bunkum that goes on.
, The Kenneth Williams Diaries (1994)