BUNKUM


Meaning of BUNKUM in English

I. noun

or bun·combe ˈbəŋkəm

( -s )

Etymology: Buncombe County, N.C.; from a remark made by Felix Walker fl 1820, United States representative from the Congressional district including this county, who explained a seemingly irrelevant speech in Congress by the statement that he was speaking to Buncombe

: insincere public talk or action : nonsense , claptrap , foolishness

II. adjective

Etymology: perhaps from Canadian French le buncum sa (French il est bon comme ça ) it is good as it is

1. dialect : of outstanding quality : very fine

these are bunkum apples

2. dialect : in good health : well and strong

I don't feel so bunkum

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