[hum.bug] n [origin unknown] (1751) 1 a: something designed to deceive and mislead b: a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person
2: an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception
3: nonsense, drivel
4. Brit: a hard usu. mint-flavored candy syn see imposture -- hum.bug.gery n
[2]humbug vb hum.bugged ; hum.bug.ging vt (1751): deceive, hoax ~ vi: to engage in a hoax or deception