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bunkum

[buhng-kuhm] / ˈbʌŋ kəm /






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"To suggest that we can't have effective scrutiny because of the size of the Senedd is a load of bunkum - look at the organ donation law, the smoking ban and plastic bags."

From BBC Jan. 30, 2024

Almost no records survived, though, so the history of the Pony Express is littered with impostors, inaccuracies, and plain bunkum.

From National Geographic Jun. 23, 2018

But this mercantilist logic has been known to be bunkum for centuries.

From Economist Mar. 8, 2018

The idea that these technologies provide tabulae rasae on which events inscribe themselves is bunkum.

From The Guardian Sep. 6, 2014

It is all very well to talk bunkum on the platform, but the wire-pullers want cash for themselves and to work with. 

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)




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