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Meaning of BUNKUM

Pronunciation:  'bungkum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 
 See Also: drivel

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bun"kum\, n.
See {Buncombe}.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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