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(n.)
Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show.
Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show.
(n.)
See Buncombe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSee Buncombe.
bunkum
\bun"kum\ (&?;), n. see buncombe.
bunkum
n : a ludicrously false statement [syn: bullshit, bull, irish bull , horseshit, shit, crap, bunk, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash, dogshit]
insincere talk; claptrap; humbug (alteration of Buncombe, a county in the US, in North Carolina, from its Congressional representative's phrase, "talking for Buncombe")
Noun
1. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
(synonym) bunk, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash
(hypernym) drivel, garbage
(hyponym) bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit
