bunkum
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈbʌŋkəm/
- And second, even as a non-scientist, non-expert layperson who studied literature and theology, I can understand enough to appreciate that Ham's scientific claims are pure bunkum.
Examples
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Daddy says the Bible is a load of bunkum.
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Of course, we tend to look at all astrology as bunkum, designed to make people part with their hard-earned cash.
Blog text (27) -
Pure bunkum if it was.
Blog text (22) -
To that, I just muttered "bunkum."
Blog text (17) -
Daddy says the Bible's a load of bunkum!
Fiction book (1994) -
Tired of having to listen to plagiarized bunkum masquerading as an English speech?
Blog text (4) -
This was mostly bunkum.
Academic text (2010) -
Good heavens, surely you're not silly enough to believe all that silly old legend, about the pirates and treasure and all that bunkum?
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Bunkum and bosh!
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She dismissed his claims as nothing more than bunkum, meant to impress the audience.
Synonyms
523
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
71
2.5
Talk or writing that is not true and not useful
70
3.1
Words or writing that have no value
44
7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
34
8.3
Confusing talk that hides the truth or tries to impress people
19
6.7
Nonsense talk that is not true
14
7.4
Untrue or silly talk that people should not believe
12
8.8
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
9
8.4
Silly or untrue talk that is not serious
8
9.9
Confusing speech or writing full of technical words that most people cannot understand
5
7.4
Foolish or untrue talk people should not believe
5
9.3
Nonsense ideas or stories that are not true
4
5.1
Talk that has no real meaning and is not useful
3
9.6
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
3
8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
1
6.6
Silly talk that is not true or useful
1
4.3
Words that sound important but have no real meaning or action
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
1
9.9
False statements meant to trick people
Talk that is false and hard to believe
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
Containing many false or silly statements that are hard to believe
False talk meant to trick people
Talk that is false and makes no sense
Antonyms
How Nonsensical
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bunkum comes from a place name, Buncombe County in the United States. A congressman there once gave long, empty speeches to please his local voters, and people began calling that kind of 'speech' 'bunkum', so today bunkum means 'nonsense' or 'empty talk'.