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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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