BUNKUM


Meaning of BUNKUM in English

bun ‧ kum /ˈbʌŋkəm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Buncombe county in North Carolina, whose congressman in 1820 made a long pointless speech to impress the voters there ]

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