humbug
Noun
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domain usage: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)is a type of: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality - a message that seems to convey no meaningsame as: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
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same as: snake oil
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is a type of: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)subtypes: goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
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