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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



... well-being, dear Mrs. Jesser, is due to the fact that I have been communing for the past three months with my very good friend, the Fifth Dalai Lama. A most refreshingly wise person." Senator Gonzales was fond of the Society's crackpot receptionist, and he knew exactly what kind of hokum would please her most. ...
— Psichopath • Gordon Randall Garrett

... 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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