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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

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 Harold Piffard


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