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bun⋅kum

   [buhng-kuhm]
–noun
1. insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents.
2. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug.
Also, buncombe.

Origin:
Americanism; after speech in 16th Congress, 1819–21, by F. Walker, who said he was bound to speak for Buncombe (N.C. county in district he represented)
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bun·kum also bun·combe     (bŭng'kəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.

[After Buncombe, a county of western North Carolina, from a remark made around 1820 by its congressman, who felt obligated to give a dull speech "for Buncombe".]
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bunkum

noun
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk] 

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Bunkum

Bun"kum\, n. See Buncombe.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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