Meaning of BUNKUM
Pronunciation: | | 'bungkum
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements); "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" |
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| Synonyms: | | bull, bullshit, buncombe, bunk, crap, dogshit, guff, hogwash, horseshit, Irish bull, rot, shit |
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| See Also: | | drivel | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Bun"kum\, n.
See {Buncombe}.
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| Related Terms: | | adulation, applesauce, balderdash, balls, baloney, bang-up, big talk, bilge, blague, blah, blah-blah, blandishment, blarney, blue-ribbon, bop, bosh, boss, bull, bullshit, bunk, cajolement, cajolery, champion, claptrap, compliment, crap, eyewash, fair words, fancy talk, fawning, federalese, fine talk, first-string, fish story, fit, flam, flapdoodle, flattery, flimflam, gammon, gas, gobbledygook, Grade A, grease, guff, gup, hale, highfalutin, highfaluting, hogwash, hoke, hokum, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, hooey, hot air, humbug, humbuggery, incense, jiggery-pokery, malarkey, moonshine, official jargon, officialese, oil, palaver, piffle, political doubletalk, poppycock, praise, pretty lies, pussyfooting, right, rot, sane, scat, shit, soap, soft soap, sound, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sycophancy, tall story, tall talk, tommyrot, top, top-notch, tripe, Washingtonese, well, wheedling, wholesome, wind |
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