bunkum
noun
[ ˈbʌŋkəm ]
• nonsense.
• "they talk a lot of bunkum about their products"
Similar:
nonsense,
balderdash,
gibberish,
claptrap,
blarney,
guff,
blather,
blether,
rubbish,
hogwash,
baloney,
tripe,
drivel,
gobbledygook,
bilge,
bosh,
bull,
bunk,
hot air,
eyewash,
piffle,
poppycock,
phooey,
hooey,
malarkey,
twaddle,
dribble,
rot,
cobblers,
codswallop,
cock,
stuff and nonsense,
tosh,
double Dutch,
flannel,
waffle,
havers,
garbage,
flapdoodle,
blathers,
wack,
bushwa,
applesauce,
tommyrot,
cod,
gammon,
toffee,
shit,
bullshit,
crap,
bollocks,
balls,
crapola,
bulldust,
Origin:
mid 19th century (originally buncombe ): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents ( c. 1820).
