tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56244686501107178302012-02-16T08:55:55.483-08:00--- What is hokum? ---Rustadnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624468650110717830.post-77267397487078316512010-09-20T14:00:00.000-07:002010-09-22T03:57:03.623-07:00<b>ho·kum</b><br /><b>Etymology:</b> probably blend of <i>hocus-pocus </i>and <i>bunkum</i><br /><b>Date:</b> 1917<br /><br /><b>1:</b> a device used (as by showmen) to evoke a desired audience response<br /><b>2:</b> pretentious nonsense<br /><b>3:</b> something apparently impressive or legitimate but actually untrue or insincere<br /><b>4:</b> a film, play or television programme which is not realistic<br /><b>5:</b> in a dramatic or written work, crude, trite, or mawkish material intended to arouse an emotional response from the audience or reader<br /><b>6:</b> a message that seems to convey no meaning<br /><br /><b>Synonyms:</b> Nonsense, baloney, bosh, bull, bunkum, flimflam, hooey, jazz, malarkey, poppycock, bunk, humbug, stuff, claptrap<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=images&as_qdr=m3&q=allinurl%3A++%22hokum%22&as_qdr=m3&btnG=Search">Look for more hokum</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5624468650110717830-7726739748707831651?l=www.hokum.net' alt='' /></div>Rustadnoreply@blogger.com