bunkum

[ UK /bˈʌŋkəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
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How To Use bunkum In A Sentence

  • It's so tightly plotted, full of action, has a wonderful black/white morality to it, and best of all, none of the cast notice that it's total bunkum.
  • (25, 294) See also bunkum. makebate, n. contentious person. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4
  • Looking around, I saw several parents who seemed as uneasy as we did with this bunkum.
  • This emphasis on "teamwork"is bunkum-a conspiracy of the mediocre majority.
  • But in recent days the government has stepped up its defense of the plans, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday describing criticism of the tax as "bunkum" and "balderdash. Canberra Doesn't Retreat on Profits Tax
  • Queen's College, under "old Jack's" rule; and, having kept up the acquisition, I found it now of considerable use, for, it caused me to be sent about much more than might otherwise have been the case -- to report the speeches of prominent public men, whether they were "stumping the provinces" throughout the Union, or basking in the blazing "bunkum" of the capital at Washington. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.
  • Where are all those ‘free-trade’ ideologues now that their theories have turned out to be bunkum, devastating American working families?
  • It will suffice to state that ninety-seven were relegated to the "bunkum" pocket, and seven retained as conveying intelligent orders worthy of consideration. On the Heels of De Wet
  • In Australia this question is dismissed as leftist bunkum, but in Europe, where the atmosphere is generally not as politically charged, it's just obvious.
  • There is a good article here on what a lot of bunkum psychological ‘counselling’ often is.
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