Talk:bunkum

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[edit] Origins

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In the sixteenth Congress, on 25 February 1820, before the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Felix Walker from Buncombe County, North Carolina gave a rambling speech upon the Missouri question with little relevance to the concurrent debate. Walker refused to yield the floor, informing his colleagues that his speech was not intended for Congress, but that he was "speaking for Buncombe." It became a widely-retold joke in Washington, and the word was used to refer to any bombastic political posturing or an oratorical display not accompanied by conviction.

[edit] Reword senses for uncountable/countable

We probably need to look at cites to see how this word is used in plural. DCDuring TALK 02:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)