Barnumn.

Brit.

/ˈbɑːnəm/, U.S.

/ˈbɑrnəm/

Etymology: < the name of Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810–91), a pushing U.S. show-proprietor.

1. Humbug, nonsense; showmanship.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun]

magged talea1387

moonshine1468

trumperyc1485

foolishness1531

trash1542

baggage1545

flim-flam1570

gear1570

rubbisha1576

fiddle-faddle1577

stuff1579

fible-fable1581

balductum1593

pill1608

nonsense1612

skimble-skamble1619

porridge1642

mataeology1656

fiddle-come-faddle1663

apple sauce1672

balderdash1674

flummery1749

slang1762

all my eye1763

diddle-daddle1778

(all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781

twaddle1782

blancmange1790

fudge1791

twiddle-twaddle1798

bothering1803

fee-faw-fum1811

slip-slop1811

nash-gab1816

flitter-tripe1822

effutiation1823

bladderdash1826

ráiméis1828

fiddlededee1843

pickles1846

rot1846

kelter1847

bosh1850

flummadiddle1850

poppycock1852

Barnum1856

fribble-frabble1859

kibosh1860

skittle1864

cod1866

Collyweston1867

punk1869

slush1869

stupidness1873

bilge-water1878

flapdoodle1878

tommyrot1880

ruck1882

piffle1884

flamdoodle1888

razzmatazz1888

balls1889

pop1890

narrischkeit1892

tosh1892

footle1894

tripe1895

crap1898

bunk1900

junk1906

quatsch1907

bilge1908

B.S.1912

bellywash1913

jazz1913

wash1913

bullshit?1915

kid-stakes1916

hokum1917

bollock1919

bullsh1919

bushwa1920

noise1920

bish-bosh1922

malarkey1923

posh1923

hooey1924

shit1924

heifer dust1927

madam1927

baloney1928

horse feathers1928

phonus-bolonus1929

rhubarb1929

spinach1929

toffeea1930

tomtit1930

hockey1931

phoney baloney1933

moody1934

cockalorum1936

cock1937

mess1937

waffle1937

berley1941

bull dust1943

crud1943

globaloney1943

hubba-hubba1944

pish1944

phooey1946

asswipe1947

chickenshit1947

slag1948

batshit1950

goop1950

slop1952

cack1954

doo-doo1954

cobbler1955

horse shit1955

nyamps1955

pony1956

horse manure1957

waffling1958

bird shit1959

codswallop1959

how's your father1959

dog shit1963

cods1965

shmegegge1968

pucky1970

taradiddle1970

mouthwash1971

wank1974

gobshite1977

mince1985

toss1990

arse1993

1856 G. D. Brewerton War in Kansas 17 He believed the whole affair to be a ‘Barnum’—alias humbug, of the most unmitigated kind.

a1914 J. Joyce Stephen Hero (1944) xxi. 117 It's absurd: it's Barnum. He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water.

1937 Daily Express 7 Jan. 10/5 There is a touch of Barnum about scientists which sets them whooping when any one of them has found something new.

2. In combinations.

ΚΠ

1874 W. James Let. 8 Aug. (1920) I. vii. 182 The dreadful feeling of wounded pride and Barnum-born resentment may with time fade away.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 28 June 2/2 Was there ever a more Barnum-like sort of exhibition?

Derivatives

Cf. Barnumize v., Barnumism n. at Barnumize v. Derivatives

Barnumese n. [see -ese suffix]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style

inflation1603

windinessa1613

ranting1633

tumoura1639

turgency1654

tympany1680

swell1744

turgidity1756

turgidness1757

tumidity1791

ráiméis1828

mouthiness1830

spread-eagleism1858

inflatedness1867

ampullosity1869

telegraphese1870

mouthing1876

Barnumese1889

intumescence1893

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 40/1 We get words like barnumese and telegraphese, to signify exaggeration of style.

1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 189 A florid prospectus in the best Barnumese.

Barnumesque adj. [see -esque suffix]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic

fleshyc1369

windya1382

unmeasureda1425

puffing1566

embossed1578

puffed1587

bombasted1589

fustian1592

puffya1594

full-mouthed1594

orificial1594

gouty1595

swelling1597

mouth-filling1598

taffeta1598

bombast1601

tiptoe-strouting1602

turgidous1602

swollen1605

dropsieda1616

exsufflicatea1616

turgent1621

ampullous1622

tympanous1625

high-flown1632

tumorousa1637

blustered1638

tumid1648

bombastical1649

ranting1650

inflated1652

tuftaffetya1658

pompiona1670

bombastic1704

dropsical1721

thundering1725

turgid1725

exsuffolate1744

Lexiphanic1767

hi cockalorum1783

Ossianic1788

mouthing1814

mouthy1827

sophomoric1837

highfalutin1839

sophomorical1847

spread eagle1853

tumescent1882

Herodian1886

Ossianesque1889

Barnumesque1890

1890 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 629 A perfectly Barnumesque profusion of quaint monstrosities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	barnum
释义	Barnumn. Brit. /ˈbɑːnəm/, U.S. /ˈbɑrnəm/ Etymology: < the name of Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810–91), a pushing U.S. show-proprietor. 1. Humbug, nonsense; showmanship. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] magged talea1387 moonshine1468 trumperyc1485 foolishness1531 trash1542 baggage1545 flim-flam1570 gear1570 rubbisha1576 fiddle-faddle1577 stuff1579 fible-fable1581 balductum1593 pill1608 nonsense1612 skimble-skamble1619 porridge1642 mataeology1656 fiddle-come-faddle1663 apple sauce1672 balderdash1674 flummery1749 slang1762 all my eye1763 diddle-daddle1778 (all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781 twaddle1782 blancmange1790 fudge1791 twiddle-twaddle1798 bothering1803 fee-faw-fum1811 slip-slop1811 nash-gab1816 flitter-tripe1822 effutiation1823 bladderdash1826 ráiméis1828 fiddlededee1843 pickles1846 rot1846 kelter1847 bosh1850 flummadiddle1850 poppycock1852 Barnum1856 fribble-frabble1859 kibosh1860 skittle1864 cod1866 Collyweston1867 punk1869 slush1869 stupidness1873 bilge-water1878 flapdoodle1878 tommyrot1880 ruck1882 piffle1884 flamdoodle1888 razzmatazz1888 balls1889 pop1890 narrischkeit1892 tosh1892 footle1894 tripe1895 crap1898 bunk1900 junk1906 quatsch1907 bilge1908 B.S.1912 bellywash1913 jazz1913 wash1913 bullshit?1915 kid-stakes1916 hokum1917 bollock1919 bullsh1919 bushwa1920 noise1920 bish-bosh1922 malarkey1923 posh1923 hooey1924 shit1924 heifer dust1927 madam1927 baloney1928 horse feathers1928 phonus-bolonus1929 rhubarb1929 spinach1929 toffeea1930 tomtit1930 hockey1931 phoney baloney1933 moody1934 cockalorum1936 cock1937 mess1937 waffle1937 berley1941 bull dust1943 crud1943 globaloney1943 hubba-hubba1944 pish1944 phooey1946 asswipe1947 chickenshit1947 slag1948 batshit1950 goop1950 slop1952 cack1954 doo-doo1954 cobbler1955 horse shit1955 nyamps1955 pony1956 horse manure1957 waffling1958 bird shit1959 codswallop1959 how's your father1959 dog shit1963 cods1965 shmegegge1968 pucky1970 taradiddle1970 mouthwash1971 wank1974 gobshite1977 mince1985 toss1990 arse1993 1856 G. D. Brewerton War in Kansas 17 He believed the whole affair to be a ‘Barnum’—alias humbug, of the most unmitigated kind. a1914 J. Joyce Stephen Hero (1944) xxi. 117 It's absurd: it's Barnum. He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water. 1937 Daily Express 7 Jan. 10/5 There is a touch of Barnum about scientists which sets them whooping when any one of them has found something new. 2. In combinations. ΚΠ 1874 W. James Let. 8 Aug. (1920) I. vii. 182 The dreadful feeling of wounded pride and Barnum-born resentment may with time fade away. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 28 June 2/2 Was there ever a more Barnum-like sort of exhibition? Derivatives Cf. Barnumize v., Barnumism n. at Barnumize v. Derivatives Barnumese n. [see -ese suffix] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style inflation1603 windinessa1613 ranting1633 tumoura1639 turgency1654 tympany1680 swell1744 turgidity1756 turgidness1757 tumidity1791 ráiméis1828 mouthiness1830 spread-eagleism1858 inflatedness1867 ampullosity1869 telegraphese1870 mouthing1876 Barnumese1889 intumescence1893 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 40/1 We get words like barnumese and telegraphese, to signify exaggeration of style. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 189 A florid prospectus in the best Barnumese. Barnumesque adj. [see -esque suffix] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic fleshyc1369 windya1382 unmeasureda1425 puffing1566 embossed1578 puffed1587 bombasted1589 fustian1592 puffya1594 full-mouthed1594 orificial1594 gouty1595 swelling1597 mouth-filling1598 taffeta1598 bombast1601 tiptoe-strouting1602 turgidous1602 swollen1605 dropsieda1616 exsufflicatea1616 turgent1621 ampullous1622 tympanous1625 high-flown1632 tumorousa1637 blustered1638 tumid1648 bombastical1649 ranting1650 inflated1652 tuftaffetya1658 pompiona1670 bombastic1704 dropsical1721 thundering1725 turgid1725 exsuffolate1744 Lexiphanic1767 hi cockalorum1783 Ossianic1788 mouthing1814 mouthy1827 sophomoric1837 highfalutin1839 sophomorical1847 spread eagle1853 tumescent1882 Herodian1886 Ossianesque1889 Barnumesque1890 1890 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 629 A perfectly Barnumesque profusion of quaint monstrosities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1856
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