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# The BFD Word of the day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-286/
- Published: 2020-11-07T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-03T00:56:53.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

The word for today is…

bunkum (noun) – Empty or insincere talk; claptrap.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bunkum?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Some words in the English language have more colourful histories than others, but in the case of bunkum, you could almost say it was an act of Congress that brought the word into being. Back in 1820 Felix Walker, who represented Buncombe County, North Carolina, in the U.S. House of Representatives, was determined that his voice be heard on his constituents’ behalf, even though the matter up for debate was irrelevant to Walker’s district and he had little to contribute. To the exasperation of his colleagues, Walker insisted on delivering a long and wearisome “speech for Buncombe.” His persistent—if insignificant—harangue made buncombe (later respelled bunkum) a synonym for meaningless political claptrap and later for any kind of nonsense.

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