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bun·kum

also bun·combe  (bŭng′kəm)
n.
Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.
[After Buncombe, a county of western North Carolina, from a remark made around 1820 by its congressman, who felt obligated to give a dull speech "for Buncombe".]
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bunkum

(ˈbʌŋkəm) or

buncombe

n
1. empty talk; nonsense
2. chiefly US empty or insincere speechmaking by a politician to please voters or gain publicity
[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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bun•kum

or bun•combe

(ˈbʌŋ kəm)

n.
1. insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents.
2. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug.
[after speech in 16th Congress, 1819–21, by French. Walker, who said he was bound to speak for Buncombe (N.C. county in district he represented)]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bunkum - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
buncombe, guff, hogwash, rot, bunk
Irish bull, crap, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
drivel, garbage - a worthless message
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bunkum

also buncombe
noun
Something that does not have or make sense:
balderdash, blather, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.
Informal: tommyrot.
Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.
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Translations

bunkum

[ˈbʌŋkəm] N → bobadas fpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bunkum

[ˈbʌŋkəm] n (= balderdash) → foutaises fpl , foutaise f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bunkum

n (inf) → Blödsinn m, → Quatsch m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bunkum

[ˈbʌŋkəm] n (fam) → scempiaggini fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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