bunkum
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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
But in reality, some of what we think we know is bunkum and myth, quite often spread by the artist himself, who was famous for hiding behind a smoke screen of partial-truths and outright fibs.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2018
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
I think we understand one another now, and that you see I didn’t put up any bunkum when I telled you that I was boss of this show.
From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Piffard, Harold
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