Engelsk navneord: humbug |
1. | humbug (om kommunikation) pretentious or silly talk or writing |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality |
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| Overordnet anvendelse | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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2. | humbug (om kommunikation) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | snake oil |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | deceit, deception, misrepresentation |
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3. | humbug (om handling) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
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| Mere specifikke termer | goldbrick |
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