bunkum (redirected from Buncombe (term))

bun·kum also bun·combe  (bngkm)

n.

Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.

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[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, buncombe [ˈbʌŋkəm]

n

1. empty talk; nonsense

2. Chiefly US empty or insincere speechmaking by a politician to please voters or gain publicity

[after Buncombe, a county in North Carolina, alluded to in an inane speech by its Congressional representative Felix Walker (about 1820)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bunkum - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) buncombe, guff, hogwash, rot, bunk dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, bullshit, crap, shit, 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

Translations

bunkum [ˈbʌŋkəm] N → bobadas fpl

bunkum [ˈbʌŋkəm] n (= balderdash) → foutaises fpl >, foutaise f >

bunkum

n (inf) → Blödsinn m, → Quatsch m (inf)

bunkum [ˈbʌŋkəm] n (fam) → scempiaggini fpl