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Definition of bunkum noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bunkum

noun
 
/ˈbʌŋkəm/
 
/ˈbʌŋkəm/
[uncountable] (old-fashioned, informal)
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  1. ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym bunk, nonsense
    Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally buncombe): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, USA, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents (c.1820).
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