bunkum

(buŋkəm)

noun

Informal talk that is empty, insincere, or merely for effect; humbug

Origin: phonetic respelling of buncombe

See bunkum in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also bun·combe

noun
Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.

Origin:

Origin: 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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