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bunkum

[buhng-kuhm] / ˈbʌŋ kəm /






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

From BBC Feb. 24, 2023

Nevertheless, according to Orfield, Microsoft’s claim is bunkum.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2022

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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