BUNKUM


Meaning of BUNKUM in English

/ ˈbʌŋkəm; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( old-fashioned , informal ) nonsense

SYN bunk

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent. (originally buncombe ): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, USA, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents (c.1820).

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