[…] the manifold and serpentine wiles and evasions, shufflings and fencings, deceits and dissimulations, he had practised —the bunkums and the quackeries, […]
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Bunkum
/ˈbʌŋkəm/
Synonyms for "bunkum" (123 found)
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Related words (61)
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7 entriesempty talkglib talkglittering generalitiesidle talkparliamentary grandstandingpolitical spinstage rhetoric
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6 entriesbunkum rhetoricbunkum speechempty bunkumgrandstanding bunkumpolitical bunkumuseless bunkum
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The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves.
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