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May. 29, 2014
Word of the Day

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\HOH-kuhm\
noun
1. out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
2. elements of low comedy introduced into a play, novel, etc., for the laughs they may bring.
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-- Jill Lepore, "Bound for Glory," The New Yorker, 2008
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Hokum emerged as theater slang in the US in the early 1900s a... See full origin
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