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The familiar phrase that came from a North Carolinan who got meme'd two centuries ago

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Sometimes the dictionary gets you all riled up:merriamwebsterA post shared by @merriamwebsterTwo different Rabbit Hole readers alerted me to this post, which goes on to say:No need to debunk this. The word ‘bunk’ is a shortened form of ‘bunkum,’ which came from Buncombe County, North Carolina (where Asheville is located). In 1820, the congressman from Buncombe County gave an intentionally boring and long-winded speech to Congress…He only made it…

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The familiar phrase that came from a North Carolinan who got meme'd two centuries ago

Sometimes the dictionary gets you all riled up:merriamwebsterA post shared by @merriamwebsterTwo different Rabbit Hole readers alerted me to this post, which goes on to say:No need to debunk this. The word ‘bunk’ is a shortened form of ‘bunkum,’ which came from Buncombe County, North Carolina (where Asheville is located). In 1820, the congressman from Buncombe County gave an intentionally boring and long-winded speech to Congress…He only made it…

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