bunkum
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noun, empty talk; nonsense
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bunkum or buncombe
- 1) noun, empty talk; nonsense
- 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)
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008


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