Associations to the word «Bunkum»

Wiktionary

BUNKUM, noun. (slang) Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense (countable).
BUNKUM, noun. (Washington, DC) Any bombastic political posturing or an oratorical display not accompanied by conviction; speechmaking designed for show or public applause. [1820s]

Dictionary definition

BUNKUM, noun. Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King