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bunkum

[buhng-kuhm] / ˈbʌŋ kəm /






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His previous U.N. speeches have been jammed with bluster and bunkum, but none more so than this one.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Or in his own words - spat out in a Yorkshire growl - "bunkum and balderdash".

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023

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

“Guess ye ain’t sich a durned fule ez ter swaller all thet bunkum, hey?”

From The Island Treasure by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey




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