bunkumn.

/bʌŋkəm/

Forms: 1800s Buncombe, 1800s buncombe, 1800s Bunkum, 1800s– bunkum.

Etymology: < Buncombe, name of a county in North Carolina, U.S. The use of the word originated near the close of the debate on the ‘Missouri Question’ in the 16th congress, when the member from this district rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the ‘Question’. Several members gathered round him, begging him to desist; he persevered, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to make a speech for Buncombe. (See Bartlett, Dict. Americanisms)

1. in U.S. use (see above):

a. Chiefly in form Buncombe. In phrases, such as, to talk or speak for or to Buncombe, to pass a measure for buncombe (i.e. to please or gull a constituency), a bid for buncombe (i.e. for the favourable notice of the electors), and the like.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [verb (intransitive)] > do or say something merely to please

to talk or speak for or to Buncombe1828

1828 Niles' Reg. 35 66/2 Now Mr. Huskisson did not know..that American Tobacco..was subject to a duty of three shillings per lb. on consumption in Great Britain, and was ‘talking to Bunkum!’

1828 Niles' Reg. 35 66/2 ‘Talking to Bunkum!’—This is an old and common saying at Washington, when a member of Congress is making one of those..‘long talks’ which have lately become so fashionable.

1828 Niles' Reg. 27 Sept. 35 66/2 This is cantly called ‘talking to Bunkum’.

1857 S. G. Goodrich Recoll. Lifetime I. 101 Congresses of crows, clamorous as if talking to buncombe.

1857 N.Y. Tribune 2 Mar. The House of Representatives broke down upon the corruption committee's bill, having first passed it for buncombe.

1859 N. York Her. 12 Mar. The bill was another bid for buncombe.

1863 W. Phillips Speeches ix. 234 They sometimes talked for Buncombe.

b. Political speaking or action not from conviction, but in order to gain the favour of electors, or make a show of patriotism, or zeal; political clap-trap.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > nonsense, rubbish, humbug

flim-flam1570

flam1694

all my eye1763

bother1794

humbug1825

blague1839

bunkum1850

bambosh1865

eyewash1889

phonus-bolonus1929

phoney baloney1933

candyfloss1951

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > [noun] > and persuade

inveiglingc1572

cajolery1649

inveiglement1653

bunkum1850

1850 Times 24 Jan. 4/3 Conventions, rights of independence, caucuses, agitation, and whatever else may be implied by the American expression ‘bunkum’.

1856 Sat. Rev. 2 372/1 Rather meant as a piece of bunkum for his countrymen, than as a serious exposition of policy.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. vii. 218 Talk plain truth, and leave Bunkum for right honourables who keep their places thereby.

1880 O. Johnson W. L. Garrison 245 To take some sort of action that would seem to be anti-slavery..[but] amount to little or nothing—in short, mere buncombe.

2. Empty clap-trap oratory; ‘tall talk’; humbug.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun]

flash1605

sniffling1653

canting1659

cant1710

galbanum1764

gas1793

blarney1796

gammon1805

slum1812

claptrap1819

flam1825

glittering generality1849

bull's wool1850

eyewash1857

bunkum1862

hot air1873

kid1874

fustian1880

flubdub1888

bull1914

oil1917

blah1918

drip1919

piss and wind1922

banana-oil1927

flannel1927

crud1943

old talk1956

ole talk1964

okey-doke1969

yada yada1991

1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 299 Did it [the Volunteer movement] signify business or ‘bunkum’?

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 11/2 The philosopher is tempted to talk a good deal of what we may call scientific ‘buncombe’.

1884 Congregationalist June 456 This appeal to the ‘splendid history and the roll of saints’ is bunkum, or something worse.

3. attributive.

ΚΠ

1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States II. 317 General Butler's ‘bunkum’ proclamation.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 9 Aug. A most amusing deduction of bunkum logic.

1868 Temple Bar Dec. 42 A buncombe story relating to his ring.

Derivatives

buncomize v. to talk ‘bunkum’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > use language nonsensically [verb (intransitive)]

roya1450

to talk (or speak) at rovers1542

nonsense1822

squiddle1824

twaddle1825

fudge1834

buncomize1871

to be full of prunes1887

waffle1900

jive1928

bullshit1942

to talk out of one's arse1973

1871 Daily News 15 Mar. He either gammons you [an ‘interviewer’] intentionally, buncomises, or is reticent.

bunkumite n. one who talks ‘bunkum’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler

penduguma1529

gibble-gabbler1653

maunderer1827

nonsense-talkera1832

bunkumite1864

phlyarologist1867

twitterer1895

blitherer1902

bosher1913

gobshite1946

waffler1959

1864 Morning Star 13 Sept. Dispel the mist raised by the petty breath of journalistic bunkumites.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bunkum
释义	bunkumn. /bʌŋkəm/ Forms: 1800s Buncombe, 1800s buncombe, 1800s Bunkum, 1800s– bunkum. Etymology: < Buncombe, name of a county in North Carolina, U.S. The use of the word originated near the close of the debate on the ‘Missouri Question’ in the 16th congress, when the member from this district rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the ‘Question’. Several members gathered round him, begging him to desist; he persevered, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to make a speech for Buncombe. (See Bartlett, Dict. Americanisms) 1. in U.S. use (see above): a. Chiefly in form Buncombe. In phrases, such as, to talk or speak for or to Buncombe, to pass a measure for buncombe (i.e. to please or gull a constituency), a bid for buncombe (i.e. for the favourable notice of the electors), and the like. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [verb (intransitive)] > do or say something merely to please to talk or speak for or to Buncombe1828 1828 Niles' Reg. 35 66/2 Now Mr. Huskisson did not know..that American Tobacco..was subject to a duty of three shillings per lb. on consumption in Great Britain, and was ‘talking to Bunkum!’ 1828 Niles' Reg. 35 66/2 ‘Talking to Bunkum!’—This is an old and common saying at Washington, when a member of Congress is making one of those..‘long talks’ which have lately become so fashionable. 1828 Niles' Reg. 27 Sept. 35 66/2 This is cantly called ‘talking to Bunkum’. 1857 S. G. Goodrich Recoll. Lifetime I. 101 Congresses of crows, clamorous as if talking to buncombe. 1857 N.Y. Tribune 2 Mar. The House of Representatives broke down upon the corruption committee's bill, having first passed it for buncombe. 1859 N. York Her. 12 Mar. The bill was another bid for buncombe. 1863 W. Phillips Speeches ix. 234 They sometimes talked for Buncombe. b. Political speaking or action not from conviction, but in order to gain the favour of electors, or make a show of patriotism, or zeal; political clap-trap. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > nonsense, rubbish, humbug flim-flam1570 flam1694 all my eye1763 bother1794 humbug1825 blague1839 bunkum1850 bambosh1865 eyewash1889 phonus-bolonus1929 phoney baloney1933 candyfloss1951 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > [noun] > and persuade inveiglingc1572 cajolery1649 inveiglement1653 bunkum1850 1850 Times 24 Jan. 4/3 Conventions, rights of independence, caucuses, agitation, and whatever else may be implied by the American expression ‘bunkum’. 1856 Sat. Rev. 2 372/1 Rather meant as a piece of bunkum for his countrymen, than as a serious exposition of policy. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. vii. 218 Talk plain truth, and leave Bunkum for right honourables who keep their places thereby. 1880 O. Johnson W. L. Garrison 245 To take some sort of action that would seem to be anti-slavery..[but] amount to little or nothing—in short, mere buncombe. 2. Empty clap-trap oratory; ‘tall talk’; humbug. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun] flash1605 sniffling1653 canting1659 cant1710 galbanum1764 gas1793 blarney1796 gammon1805 slum1812 claptrap1819 flam1825 glittering generality1849 bull's wool1850 eyewash1857 bunkum1862 hot air1873 kid1874 fustian1880 flubdub1888 bull1914 oil1917 blah1918 drip1919 piss and wind1922 banana-oil1927 flannel1927 crud1943 old talk1956 ole talk1964 okey-doke1969 yada yada1991 1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 299 Did it [the Volunteer movement] signify business or ‘bunkum’? 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 11/2 The philosopher is tempted to talk a good deal of what we may call scientific ‘buncombe’. 1884 Congregationalist June 456 This appeal to the ‘splendid history and the roll of saints’ is bunkum, or something worse. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States II. 317 General Butler's ‘bunkum’ proclamation. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 9 Aug. A most amusing deduction of bunkum logic. 1868 Temple Bar Dec. 42 A buncombe story relating to his ring. Derivatives buncomize v. to talk ‘bunkum’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > use language nonsensically [verb (intransitive)] roya1450 to talk (or speak) at rovers1542 nonsense1822 squiddle1824 twaddle1825 fudge1834 buncomize1871 to be full of prunes1887 waffle1900 jive1928 bullshit1942 to talk out of one's arse1973 1871 Daily News 15 Mar. He either gammons you [an ‘interviewer’] intentionally, buncomises, or is reticent. bunkumite n. one who talks ‘bunkum’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler penduguma1529 gibble-gabbler1653 maunderer1827 nonsense-talkera1832 bunkumite1864 phlyarologist1867 twitterer1895 blitherer1902 bosher1913 gobshite1946 waffler1959 1864 Morning Star 13 Sept. Dispel the mist raised by the petty breath of journalistic bunkumites. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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