bunkum

bun·kum

also bun·combe  (bŭng′kəm)

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".]

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)]

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)]

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

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.

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