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Hokum   /hˈoʊkəm/   Listen
Hokum

noun
1.
A message that seems to convey no meaning.  Synonyms: bunk, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality.






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"Hokum" Quotes from Famous Books



... shook his head. "I knew they were lying about the Fire River, though. Never did believe all that stuff. Religious hokum, to keep the masses quiet. Don't know what to believe now. Take the roof. They say a hundred kharfads up; but how do we know? Maybe it's a thousand—or only ten. By Grat, I'd like to go up in a ...
— It Could Be Anything • John Keith Laumer



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