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bunkum
/ ˈbʌŋkəm /
noun
- empty talk; nonsense
- empty or insincere speechmaking by a politician to please voters or gain publicity
Word History and Origins
Origin of bunkum1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bunkum1
Example Sentences
Instead, increasing numbers of Americans have a media diet that is mostly a bunch of lies, conspiracy theories, irrelevant diatribes and other such bunkum that right-wing propagandists use to deceive people.
"To suggest that we can't have effective scrutiny because of the size of the Senedd is a load of bunkum - look at the organ donation law, the smoking ban and plastic bags."
Or in his own words - spat out in a Yorkshire growl - "bunkum and balderdash".
I highly doubt Trump believed the bunkum he was peddling.
While we support the role of local prosecutors in pursuing criminal cases, Schmitt’s excuse is bunkum.
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