Bunkum (noun)
bun-kum
Nonsense, untrue
Mid 19th century (originally buncombe): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents ( c 1820).
Example sentences
“He made all the promises but it was all bunkum.”
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