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Buncombe
North Carolina
Buncombe, Illinois
An alternative spelling of Buncom, Oregon
Edward Buncombe, an 18th-century plantation owner
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bunkum
bunkum/ˈbʌŋkəm; `bʌŋkəm/ (also bunk) n [U](infml 口) nonsense 胡说 Don't believe what he's saying it's pure bunkum. 别相信他的话--纯粹是胡说八道.
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Gimcrack & Bunkum
"Gimcrack & Bunkum" is Boardwalk at its best." References
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"Gimcrack & Bunkum" at HBO.com
"Gimcrack & Bunkum" review by Noel Murray (23 October 2011) for The A.V.
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buncombe
buncombe, bunkum (bʌŋkəm) [f. Buncombe, name of a county in N. 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’. Sev...
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Buncom, Oregon
Buncom (also spelled Bunkum or Buncombe) is an abandoned mining town at the confluence of the Little Applegate River and Sterling Creek in Jackson County
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Pandering (politics)
See also
Flip-flop (politics)
Demagogue
Bunkum (from Wiktionary)
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hokum
hokum orig. U.S. Theatrical slang. (ˈhəʊkəm) Also hocum. [? A blending of hocus-pocus and bunkum.] Speech, action, properties, etc., on the stage, designed to make a sentimental or melodramatic appeal to an audience. Also transf. Hence gen., bunkum.1917 Sun (N.Y.) 5 Aug. iii. 3/7 ‘Jasbo’ is a form o...
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John Churchill Sibley
Bunkum' and a dealer in 'bogus Degrees.' A later article called him 'a notorious charlatan'. The university changed its management soon after.
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cantly
▪ I. † ˈcantly, adv.1 Sc. and north. [f. cant a. + -ly2.] Boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily.1352 Minot Poems v. 64 John of Aile of the Sluys..Was comen into Cagent cantly and kene. c 1400 Destr. Troy 6504 Then criet he full cantly þe knightes vpon.▪ II. ˈcantly, adv.2 [cant n.3 4 e.]...
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Brades
It lies to the north of St Peter's and Bunkum Bay, in the vicinity of Carr's Bay and Little Bay.
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Noel Le Vasseur
Le Vasseur travelled to Bunkum, Illinois in 1818, where he established a trading post for the American Fur Company. He remained at the Bunkum post until 1835. In 1837, he married Ruth Bull of Danville, Illinois.
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Do humans have a "dominant" neurotransmitter system/sensitivity within their brain? I've recently heard a podcast, in which Dr. Helen Fisher suggests that there are "4 broad personality types", and each one is associa...
Helen Fisher's conclusions are plain bunkum. What does it even mean when she says associated with a particular neurotransmitter?
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Kepler College
Silber also said, "The fact is that astrology, whether judged by its theory or its practice, is bunkum.
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LittleBigPlanet 3
This wormhole sends Sackboy to another world called Bunkum, where he is greeted by Newton. Finally, the trio reach the Bunkum Lagoon, hosted by the vain Pinky Bufflooms.
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