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bunkum

[ buhng-kuhm ]

noun

  1. insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents.
  2. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug.


bunkum

/ ˈbʌŋkəm /

noun

  1. empty talk; nonsense
  2. empty or insincere speechmaking by a politician to please voters or gain publicity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bunkum1

An Americansim dating back to 1815–20; after a speech in the16th Congress (1819–21), by F. Walker, who said he was bound to speak for Buncombe (a county in the district in North Carolina that he represented)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bunkum1

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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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.

From Salon

"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."

From BBC

Or in his own words - spat out in a Yorkshire growl - "bunkum and balderdash".

From BBC

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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