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What does hokum mean?

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Noun
  1. Meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
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It was fertilized by blues, gospel, string-band hoedowns, Appalachian balladry, work songs, and vaudeville hokum.
But I would say this whole hokum about these missile agreements, these negotiations, has now broken into a total farce.
The plot and characterizations have been whittled into the barest of Hollywood hokum.
This film is head and shoulders above Hollywood hokum based in the same situations.
I hope the rest of the country moves on, refusing to join you in your stagnant backwater of 18th century hokum.
Despite the laborious backstory and mood lighting, the movie is chock full of standard comic book hokum.

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