• (n.) Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. • (n.) See Buncombe. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/bunkum/
Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. 'All that flourish about right of search was bunkum all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . Slavery speeches are all bunkum.' (Haliburton) To speak for Buncombe, to speak for m... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973