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hokum

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Noun
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ho=kum

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hokum, n. esp. US sl.
1 sentimental, popular, sensational, or unreal situations, dialogue, etc., in a film or play etc.
2 bunkum; rubbish.

Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

hokum

acting, balls, baloney, bilge, blague, blah, blah-blah, bop, bosh, buffoonery, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, business, characterization, claptrap, crap, eyewash, flam, flapdoodle, flimflam, gag, gammon, gas, guff, gup, ham, hammy acting, hogwash, hoke, hooey, hot air, humbug, humbuggery, impersonation, jazz, jiggery-pokery, malarkey, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, moonshine, mummery, overacting, pantomiming, patter, performance, performing, personation, piffle, playacting, playing, poppycock, portrayal, projection, representation, rot, scat, shit, slapstick, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stunt, taking a role, tommyrot, tripe, wind

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