bunkum

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bun·kum BrE [ˈbʌŋkəm] NAmE [ˈbʌŋkəm] noun uncountable (old-fashioned, informal)
nonsense
Syn: ↑bunk

Word Origin:
[bunkum] mid 19th cent. (originally buncombe): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, USA, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents (c.1820).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bunk, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash