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1. Pretentious or silly talk or writing
   - baloney [informal], boloney [informal], bilgewater [informal], bosh [informal], drool, taradiddle [informal], tarradiddle [informal], tommyrot [informal], tosh [Brit, informal], twaddle [informal]
    
2. Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
   - snake oil
    
3. Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
   - fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on [N. Amer, informal], spoof [informal]
    
4. [Brit] Boiled mint sweet

1. Trick or deceive

Derived forms: humbugged, humbugging, humbugs

Type of: bunk [informal], chicane, chicanery, cozen [literary], deceit, deceive, deception, delude, guile, hokum [informal], lead on, meaninglessness, misrepresentation, nonsense, nonsensicality, shenanigan, trickery, wile

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