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A bunkum is another word for meaningless talk. A synonym would be chicken squawk. It often would consist of women sitting outside on their porch talking nonsense.
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Please tell me how to properly utilize the word "bunkum" in a sentence. When I lost my job, my brother's offer to let me stay with him turned out to be nothing but bunkum. "Bunkum" means "insincere talk". "Bunkum" is a variation of the word "Buncombe".
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The word "bunkum" is believed to have originated from an 1820s speech by U.S. Representative Felix Walker. He made a long, irrelevant speech that he claimed was important to his North Carolina constituents, from Buncombe County. This led to the term "buncombe," later shortened to "bunkum," meaning empty talk or nonsense.
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The origin of bunkum is mid 19th century (originally buncombe): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, mentioned in a speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents (c.1820).
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From Buncombe county, N.C. During the debate in the early 1800's a representative from Buncombe county (Felix Walker) gave a speech regarding whether or not to admit Missouri as a slave state or not. The Buncombe county speech became famous and the word got shortened to Bunkum, and finally to Bunk
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