See bunkum on Wiktionary
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "framis"
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"word": "humbug"
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"word": "Irish bull"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "jive"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "lallation"
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"word": "macaroni"
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"word": "malarkey"
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"word": "manure"
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"word": "moonshine"
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"word": "pie in the sky"
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"word": "piffle"
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"word": "pigswill"
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"word": "poppycock"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "prattle"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "put-on"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"tags": [
"UK"
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"word": "rhubarb"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
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"UK"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "rigmarole"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "rot"
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"word": "rubbish"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "santorum"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
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"word": "shit"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
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"UK",
"vulgar"
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"word": "shite"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "skimble-skamble"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"tags": [
"UK",
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"word": "squit"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"tags": [
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"word": "stuff"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "stuff and nonsense"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"tags": [
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"word": "tommy-rot"
},
{
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"tags": [
"UK"
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"word": "tosh"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"tags": [
"UK"
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"word": "tush"
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"US"
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"word": "trash"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
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"UK"
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"word": "tripe"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "twaddle"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"tags": [
"Multicultural-London-English"
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"word": "wass"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"tags": [
"UK",
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"word": "whiff-whaff"
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"source": "Thesaurus:nonsense",
"word": "word salad"
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],
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"(politics) Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause."
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},
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},
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}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Edward Buncombe"
],
"word": "bunkum"
}
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