Maybe an interjection?
Ebenezer Scrooge thought Christmas was a fraud and often exclaimed, "Bah, Humbug!" during the holidays. Mary had always thought the whole thing was simply a humbug.
It is two words actually, "Bah!" and "Humbug!". "Bah!" is just a dismissive interjection like "pfui". "Humbug" actually means something--it means nonsense, a con job, a load of hooey, a lot of talk that is complete B.S. If Ebeneezer Scrooge were a twenty-first century American instead of a nineteenth century Englishman, he would probably respond to someone wishing him a Merry Christmas with "B*llsh*t!"
Humbug-is king or kind of a bug.
what part of speech is work
adverb
That would be "bah, humbug."
"Bah! Humbug!"
"Bah, Humbug!"
His most used phrase was "Bah, Humbug". When asked about charitable donations for the poor he is alos fmous for saying "Are there no prisions, are there no work houses?" which was to mean why should I give them money when they can go to these places.
''Bah! Humbug!''
Humbug is a noun.
Favorite SayingThe story doesn't come right out and state what Scrooge's favorite saying is, but it must be "bah humbug" as much as he said it.
"Bah, Humbug"
Bah....humbug
Scrooge
He is most known for saying, "Bah, Humbug!" He first uses it when his nephew wishes him Merry Christmas.
In A Christmas Carol, when Ebenezer Scrooge says bah humbug, he is declaring his disdain for the holiday that is Christmas.