bunk(um)

[PaxFelix]

(from Encarta)

bun·kum [ búngkəm ]


noun

Definitions:

nonsense: talk or writing dismissed as nonsensical or inaccurate ( informal )


[Mid-19th century. Alteration of Buncombe County, N Carolina, whose congressman defended a dull and irrelevant speech by saying he made it to impress the people of Buncombe]

[Slava]

This is also related to bunco/bunko, as in the bunco squads of police stories. A good word for a swindle.

[LukeJavan8]

(from Encarta)

bun·kum [ búngkəm ]


noun

Definitions:

nonsense: talk or writing dismissed as nonsensical or inaccurate ( informal )


[Mid-19th century. Alteration of Buncombe County, N Carolina, whose congressman defended a dull and irrelevant speech by saying he made it to impress the people of Buncombe]

Reminds me of "twitter".

[Perry]

As a resident of Buncombe County, I object. We are not so easily fooled.