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Cosa (chi) è bunkum - definizione

COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES
Buncombe County; Bunkum; Buncombe County, NC; History of Buncombe County, North Carolina

bunkum         
If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
= balderdash
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
Bunkum         
·noun ·see Buncombe.
II. Bunkum ·noun Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show.
bunkum         
(also buncombe)
¦ noun informal, dated nonsense.
Origin
C19: named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, mentioned in a speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents.

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Buncombe County, North Carolina

Buncombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 2020 census reported the population was 269,452. Its county seat is Asheville. Buncombe County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Esempi dal corpus di testo per bunkum
1. To all of which the only response is: what a load of bunkum.
2. "What a load of bunkum!" says Mumbai–based urban planner Chandrashekhar Prabhu.
3. Yes, telepathy will probably turn out to be bunkum but, who knows?
4. He then compiled a series of ‘aspects‘ which would, he asserted, "influence the Fuhrer‘s actions for the next six months". Bunkum?
5. Strauss is only in temporary charge of England – and spent some of his youth in Australia – but he knows bunkum when he hears it.