hokum[noun]Synonyms: nonsense, baloney, bosh, bull, bunkum, flimflam, hooey, jazz, malarkey, poppycock
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ho‧kum /ˈhəʊkəm $ ˈhoʊ-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: Probably from hocus-pocus + bunkum]
informal something that seems true or impressive but that is wrong or not sincere:
All that talk is just a bunch of hokum. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲