HUMBUG, HUMBUGGING
INTERJECTIONS
1811 — WALKER! an all-purpose teasing, dismissive exclamation; nonsense! humbug! rubbish!
NOUNS
1598 — FLAM nonsense; humbug; flattery; a lie → sl.
1751 — GUM nonsense; humbug
1764 — GALBANUM empty protestations or representations; bosh, humbug
1781 — GAMMON insincere or exaggerated talk, ridiculous nonsense suited to deceive simple persons; humbug or flattery, rubbish, lies → UK sl.
1791 — FALLAL nonsense, frivolous talk or behaviour; conceit, humbug → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1796 — BLARNEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense
..E19 — GAMMON AND JALAP nonsense, rubbish, humbug → sl.
..E19 — GAMMON AND PICKLES nonsense, rubbish, humbug → sl.
1823 — EFFUTIATION twaddle, balderdash, nonsense, humbug
1830 — SOFT SOAP flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense → colloq., orig. US
1836 — SOFT SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl.
1837 — BLAGUE pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting
1845 — BORAC → BORACK → BORAK → BORAX insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → Aust. & NZ sl.
1847 — GAS empty or boastful talk; showy pretense, bombast; humbug, nonsense → sl.
1849 — GAMMON AND SPINACH nonsense, humbug
1854 — SAWDER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery
1854 — SOAP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl.
1858 — MIFF-MAFF nonsense, foolishness, humbug → Eng. dial.
1859 — CHAFF nonsense, humbug, foolishness, ridicule; small, unimportant things or acts → Amer. dial.
1862 — BUNKUM nonsense, empty talk; humbug → US
1865 — BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception → sl.
1865 — BARNEY humbug, cheating → sl.
1868 — HANKY-PANKYING humbugging, cheating, tricking → Eng. dial.
1870 — CALLIFUDGE nonsense, humbug → Eng. dial.
1870 — CALLIFUGLE nonsense, humbug → Eng. dial.
1877 — GAFF humbug; stuff and nonsense → obs.
1877 — GREASE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl.
1878 — TAFFY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → Amer. sl.
1888 — MOGE → MOGUE a joke, a humbug, a trick → Eng. dial.
1888 — MORG a joke, a humbug, a trick → Eng. dial.
1892 — BLARNEYING flattery, humbug → Ireland
1896 — JIGGERY-POKERY humbug; nonsense → tailors’ sl. (Bk.)
..L19 — NANCY STORY humbug, nonsense → sl.
..L19 — NANCY TALE humbug, nonsense → sl.
1900 — B.S. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense → sl., chiefly Amer.
1900 — SNUFFLE pious cant, humbug → NZ sl.
1902 — BULL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense → sl., orig. US
1906 — BOOSHWA → BOOSHWAH → BUSHWA → BUSHWAH → BUSHWHA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense → Amer. sl.
1912 — KIDSTAKES → KIDSTEAKS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → Aust. & NZ sl.
1914 — BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception → sl., orig. US
1915 — DOPE something designed to deceive or bamboozle; a piece of deception or humbug
1917 — JAZZ insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl., orig. US
1917 — MOODY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl.
1917 — OIL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl.
1918 — BLA → BLAH → BLAH-BLAH pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → US sl.
1918 — BUNK humbug, nonsense
1919 — APPLESAUCE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery, suave talk → US sl.
1919 — DRIP insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl. orig. US
1927 — FLANNEL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; indirect or evasive talk; deceiving flattery, humbug, rubbish, nonsense→ Brit. sl.
1927 — MADAM insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl.
1928 — JIVE insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl., orig. US
1929 — BALONUS pretentious nonsense; humbug; foolishness → Amer. sl.
1929 — MALAKY → MALARKEY → MALARKY → MULLARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense → sl., orig. US
1929 — SPINACH insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → US sl.
1933 — ACKAMARACKA insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff → sl., orig. US
1933 — ACKAMARACKUS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; something regarded as pretentious nonsense → sl., orig. US
1933 — BULL’S WOOL insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → Aust. & NZ sl.
1933 — THE OLD ACKAMARACKUS insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl., orig. US
1935 — GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour → Aust. sl.
1942 — HORNSWOGGLE nonsense, foolery, humbug → US sl. (Bk.)
1943 — SNOW JOB insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl., orig. US
1945 — CROCK OF SHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense → US sl.
1945 — SWEET TALK insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → sl., orig. US
1961 — SCHMEER→ SCHMERE → SHMEER insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → US sl.
VERBS
1590 — BAFFLE to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of → obs.
1764 — FLUMMER to deceive by flattery, to humbug → obs.
1790 — BEFLUM to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — ANKY-PRANKY → HANKY-PANKY → HENKY-PENKY to humbug, to cheat, to trick; to be up to tricks → Eng. dial.
1812 — GAMMON to stuff with ridiculous nonsense; to flatter, to humbug, to deceive, to hoax → colloq.
1821 — COME THE PADDY OVER to get the upper hand of by a trick, to bamboozle, to humbug → Sc. sl.
1834 — HORNSWOGGLE to get the better of; to cheat or trick, to swindle, to deceive; to hoodwink, to humbug, to bamboozle → colloq., orig. US
1840 — GUM to cheat, to delude, to humbug → US sl.
1842 — BAMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to confuse → Eng. & Amer. dial.
.M19 — KIDDY to hoax, to humbug, to subject to confidence trickery → sl.
1854 — MOGE → MOGUE to deceive, to fool, to trick, to cheat, to humbug; to play a joke on, to make fun of → sl., orig. Eng. dial.
1854 — MORG to deceive, to fool, to trick, to cheat, to humbug; to play a joke on, to make fun of → sl., orig. Eng. dial.
1870 — BOSH to make of no effect; to spoil; to humbug → sl.
1871 — VERNEUK to cheat, to humbug, to swindle → S. Afr. sl.
1880 — BUMFOOZLE to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1883 — BLAGUE to tell lies in jest; to hoax, to humbug
..L19 — GUMSUCK to humbug, to deceive → US sl.
1904 — REEL to quiz, to humbug → N. Ireland (Bk.)