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What does bunkum mean?

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Noun
  1. (slang) Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense (countable).
  2. (Washington, DC) Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause. [1820s]
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Most Australians believe this is bunkum, pure and simple, because they'd already lost confidence in the integrity of the system.
After the invasion, she took the minister's word at face value, when a 30-second search on the internet could have told her it was bunkum.
In Australia this question is dismissed as leftist bunkum, but in Europe, where the atmosphere is generally not as politically charged, it's just obvious.
Looking around, I saw several parents who seemed as uneasy as we did with this left-wing bunkum.
But an unusually wonderful and totally involving display at Tate Modern makes almightily clear that this view is bunkum.
But for the most part our endless classifying, grouping, and arranging is nothing but high-grade hokum, mixed with a lot of bunkum.

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