"I'll have the baloney and applesauce."
Many people prefer not the truth but bunkum.
bun·kum, also bun·combe (bŭng'kəm)
n.
Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.
[After Buncombe, a county of western North Carolina, from a remark made around 1820 by its congressman, who felt obligated to give a dull speech “for Buncombe”.]
Synonyms: balderdash, blather, claptrap, drivel, flubdub, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.
Applesauce?
bun·kum, also bun·combe (bŭng'kəm)
n.
Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.
[After Buncombe, a county of western North Carolina, from a remark made around 1820 by its congressman, who felt obligated to give a dull speech “for Buncombe”.]
Synonyms: balderdash, blather, claptrap, drivel, flubdub, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.
Applesauce?
posted by Lucy at 9:36 PM
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