Usually means: Nonsensical talk; empty political speech.
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  1. buncombe: Merriam-Webster
  2. Buncombe, buncombe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buncombe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buncombe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buncombe: Vocabulary.com
  6. Buncombe, buncombe: Wordnik
  7. Buncombe, buncombe: Wiktionary
  8. buncombe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. buncombe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. buncombe: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Buncombe, buncombe: Dictionary.com
  12. buncombe: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Buncombe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Buncombe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. buncombe: Rhymezone
  16. Buncombe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. buncombe: FreeDictionary.org
  18. buncombe: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. buncombe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. buncombe: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Buncombe (term), buncombe: Legal dictionary

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  1. buncombe: Encyclopedia

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  1. buncombe, buncombe: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Buncombe)

▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.
▸ noun:  (archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum [(slang, countable) Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.]

Similar:
bunkum, hogwash, guff, bullshit, horseshit, shit, dogshit, Irish bull, rot, crap, more...

Opposite:
truth, reality, honesty, sincerity

Types:
bunkum, ballyhoo, blather, claptrap, flapdoodle, folderol, hogwash, malarkey, more...

Phrases:
Buncombe County, to speak for buncombe, Buncombe County, North Carolina, more...

Adjectives:
asheville, political, pure, sheer, mere, such, more, own, old, late, effervescent
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Similar:
bunkum, hogwash, guff, bullshit, horseshit, shit, dogshit, Irish bull, rot, crap, more...

Opposite:
truth, reality, honesty, sincerity

Types:
bunkum, ballyhoo, blather, claptrap, flapdoodle, folderol, hogwash, malarkey, more...

Phrases:
Buncombe County, to speak for buncombe, Buncombe County, North Carolina, more...

Adjectives:
asheville, political, pure, sheer, mere, such, more, own, old, late, effervescent



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