Meaning of hocum | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of hokum.

alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Being in a mood of constructive criticism, I suggest⟳ that all future student conferences be made strictly social affairs. All addresses, forum discussions, patriotic service, and other hocums, as such, shall be done away with. Outside of a handful of persons, who either had to or did not know⟳ any better, everybody shunned the non-social events.”

“ES: That thing that you call⟳ double⟳ bow, I've heard many different names for it. / JG: Rockin' the bow. / ES: I've heard it called a straight shuffle. I've heard it called hocum. Have⟳ you ever heard it called hocum? / JG: Yeah, we call⟳ the jazz hocum. You see⟳, anything away from the melody.”

“It is pure hocum, this language that they want⟳ more police officers, and they vetoed it over the lack of funding in this account. It is just a pure political thing.”

“The "classy" stuff is pretty to talk⟳ about, it furnishes inspiration for the dramatic writer, but it is the hocum, the jazbo, what vaudeville styles "comedy acts," which please⟳ an audience.”

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