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humbug

noun as in nonsense

noun as in hoax

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In the press, there were months of ridicule, with one politician describing it as “one of the greatest humbugs, frauds, and absurdities ever known.”

Only a humbug would complain about this “Alice in Wonderland” like befuddlement.

There is, inevitably, a lot of self-serving humbug and a lot of tedious pap.

No one outside Limbaughland or Trumpville, Potemkin villages where no one will vote for Obama anyway, credited the humbug.

We all bow to the seor, and I wonder if he is really the private secretary, or a private humbug, waiting around to ensnare us.

Did the manufacturers of Alleotone feel downcast over the exposure of their humbug?

In brief, Dowds scientific method is nothing more than unscientific humbug.

You will find him in these pages, just the same humbug Wizard as before.

"The Wizard of Oz has always been a humbug," agreed Dorothy.

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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to humbug, such as: babble, balderdash, baloney, bs, bull, and bunk.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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