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Meaning of bunkum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈbʌŋkəm/

Definitions

  1. Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.
    countable, dated, slang
  2. Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause.
    countable, dated, uncountable

Examples

“[…] the manifold and serpentine wiles and evasions, shufflings and fencings, deceits and dissimulations, he had practised —the bunkums and the quackeries, […]”
“The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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