noun
- insincere or foolish talk; nonsense
Usage: informal; also spelled ‘bunkum’
Examples
- The politician’s speech was nothing but buncombe designed to win votes.
- Don’t listen to his buncombe about getting rich quick.
- She dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure buncombe.
- The advertisement was full of buncombe about miracle cures.
- His explanation sounded like buncombe to me.
- The committee rejected the proposal as complete buncombe.