Meaning

noun pretentious or silly talk or writing

noun communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

noun something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

originOrigin unknown; the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that “the facts as to its origin appear to have been lost, even before the word became common enough to excite attention”. It has been suggested that the word possibly derives from hummer (“(slang) An obvious lie”), or from hum (“(dialectal and slang) to cajole; delude; impose on”) + bug (“a goblin, a spectre”). In his Slang Dictionary…

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