how to pronounce bunkum

/bʌŋk/

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meanings of bunkum

noun:

Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause.
Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.

bunkum frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bunkum occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bunkum can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bunkum can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;