buncombe
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kəm noun
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Buncombe
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | empty talk; nonsense |
| 2. | chiefly (US) empty or insincere speechmaking by a politician to please voters or gain publicity |
| [C19: after Buncombe, a county in North Carolina, alluded to in an inane speech by its Congressional representative Felix Walker (about 1820)] | |
| buncombe or buncombe | |
| —n | |
| [C19: after Buncombe, a county in North Carolina, alluded to in an inane speech by its Congressional representative Felix Walker (about 1820)] | |
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bunkum definition[ˈbəŋkəm]and buncombe
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
But usually he regarded the carnival of his country's buncombe with an indulgent horror.
The fact that one theme should cancel out the other is buncombe.
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