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2008 Oct 4

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noun, empty talk; nonsense

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bunkum or buncombe by Collins

  1. 1) noun, empty talk; nonsense
  2. 2) noun, empty or insincere speechmaking by a politician to please voters or gain publicity

Etymology

C19: after Buncombe, a county in North Carolina, alluded to in an inane speech by its Congressional representative Felix Walker (about 1820)

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