单词	hokum
释义	hokum noun ho·​kum ˈhō-kəm  1 : a device used (as by showmen) to evoke a desired audience response 2 : pretentious nonsense : bunkum Synonyms applesauce [slang] balderdash baloney boloney beans bilge blah blah-blah blarney blather blatherskite blither bosh bull [slang] bunk bunkum buncombe claptrap codswallop [British] crapola [slang] crock drivel drool fiddle fiddle-faddle fiddlesticks flannel [British] flapdoodle folderol falderal folly foolishness fudge garbage guff hogwash hokeypokey hoodoo hooey horsefeathers [slang] humbug humbuggery jazz malarkey malarky moonshine muck nerts [slang] nonsense nuts piffle poppycock punk rot rubbish senselessness silliness slush stupidity taradiddle tarradiddle tommyrot tosh trash trumpery twaddle See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Everyone knows his story is pure hokum. His new film is yet another piece of Hollywood hokum. Recent Examples on the Web With hokum such as this, my credulity can be counted on. Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 And, of course, Goop embraces the long-standing hokum known as homeopathy, which essentially claims ritualized dilutions of poisons can cure disease and anthropomorphic water molecules can remember how to heal you. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022 Greekman’s feels subtly evocative without any hokum and serves uplifting food that meshes with the California growing seasons. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2021 This film and those of its ilk — The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Dig being two superior examples — offer a more dignified alternative to the hokum of Nicholas Sparks, but in this case, not by much. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021 President Biden is in part a hostage to his own campaign mythology — the blue-collar guy from Scranton — and all the hokum that goes along with it. The Editors, National Review, 15 June 2021 Yet the American space-industrial complex is sustained by Hollywood hokum. David Beers, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2020 Downtrodden Democrats will need to come to grips with the reality that vast swaths of the country like or, at least, accept the hokum and hatred that Trump has been peddling. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020 This isn’t some kind of health food store hippie hokum. Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2020 See More Word History Etymology probably blend of hocus-pocus and bunkum First Known Use 1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1 hokum noun as in nonsense language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense a movie about the disaster that's pure Hollywood hokum Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance nonsense garbage nuts silliness rubbish blah stupidity claptrap bunkum hogwash hooey piffle poppycock twaddle drool baloney balderdash bunk guff jazz malarkey foolishness tosh muck humbuggery flapdoodle craziness codswallop tommyrot trash trumpery folderol insanity falderal crapola bilge beans crock malarky blarney blither drivel buncombe punk humbug fudge madness blather boloney blatherskite rot bull bosh absurdity fiddlesticks blah-blah fiddle hoodoo horsefeathers fiddle-faddle folly moonshine tarradiddle applesauce taradiddle idiocy senselessness nerts flannel absurdness inanity hokeypokey tomfoolery lunacy kookiness slush greek asininity foolery imbecility fatuity witlessness rigmarole gas hocus-pocus inaneness monkey business shenanigan(s) hot air hoity-toity rigamarole monkeyshine(s) double-talk Antonyms & Near Antonyms rationality reasonableness sensibleness sense reasonability wisdom levelheadedness horse sense discernment judgment judgement common sense See More
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