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Word: Bunkum
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century (originally buncombe): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents (c1820)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbʌŋkəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
nonsense
Short Definition:nonsense
Examples:- they talk a lot of bunkum about their products
Variant Forms:
- buncombe
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