bunkum

Example Sentences

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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

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

He described human beans that taste scrumdiddlyumptious or uckyslush; a zoo full of hippodumplings and crocadowndillies; the telly telly bunkum box.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2016

Anti-book.—As you surmise, "knowing the authority," the slang of the sporting paper in question regarding the proposed encounter between Mr. Staunton and the young American is "bunkum."

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes