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humbug

('h/@/m,b/@/g )

pretentious or silly talk or writing(noun.communication)

Synonym:
baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

source: wordnet30
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive(noun.communication)

Synonym:
snake oil

source: wordnet30
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage(noun.act)

Synonym:
dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on

source: wordnet30
An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.(noun)

source: webster1913

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