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

What isn’t so easy now is to find reliable information on special diets in the sea of half-truths and bunkum.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2017

Don’t thet sky-e, now, take the gildin’ off yer bunkum phi-loserphy an’ tall talkin’ ’bout this system an’ thet—ain’t thet sight above worth more’n a bushel o’ words, I reckon, hey?”

From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)