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Humbug

A humbug is a person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student slang, and recorded in 1840 as a "nautical phrase". It is now also often used as an exclamation to describe something as hypocritical nonsense or gibberish.

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Etymology

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Humbug

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples6
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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related to Etymology · 5
Humbug → Ferdinando Killigrew's The Universal, Jester, The, The Student, There
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Humbug → person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way

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Humbugis aperson or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way0.90text
Humbugrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Humbugrelated to EtymologyThe Student0.60section
Humbugrelated to EtymologyFerdinando Killigrew's The Universal0.60section
Humbugrelated to EtymologyJester0.60section
Humbugrelated to EtymologyThere0.60section

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