bunkum

1. (slang, dated, countable) Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.Examples: "[…] the manifold and serpentine wiles and evasions, shufflings and fencings, deceits and dissimulations, he had practised —the bunkums and the quackeries, […]"; "The part of that word to focus on is bunk, short for bunkum, which is what these types attack with vigor and all the obsessiveness of the bunkum spreaders themselves."Synonyms: absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloneycountabledatedslang

2. (politics, dated) Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause.Synonyms: grandstandingcountabledateduncountable