humbuggery

noun

Definition of humbuggerynext
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense a lot of humbuggery about a mean old witch that lives in the woods

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humbuggery
  1. nonsense
  2. nuts
  3. garbage
  4. stupidity
  5. rubbish
  6. blah
  7. drool
  8. jazz
Noun
  • On the one hand, Amazon Autos strips away all that nonsense – find your car, handle the details online, pick it up, done.
    Chris Walton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Others resorted to full-on screams, as layoffs in the industry charted record highs and developers found themselves under attack online for conspiratorial nonsense.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • Sources of magnesium include whole grains, leafy greens, nuts, seeds, and legumes.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Focus on magnesium-rich foods like leafy green vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of nuts
Noun
  • The juvenile was white with brownish brindle patches around each eye and found in a garbage bag.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
  • While Dogtown's hot dog menu is immense, Basile said garbage plates are always a top seller.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of garbage
Noun
  • In other words, people managed to eat, sleep, make love, and progress despite the shocking stupidity of the country’s first democratic government that was founded in Weimar after WWI.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Whereas other characters are defined by their flaws — Moe’s lack of a love life, Skinner’s crippling attachment to his mother, and Homer’s general stupidity — Flanders is always relatively free of problems.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of stupidity
Noun
  • But there has been so much rubbish written about me and Brittany.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The issue is that travelers generate 1,742 pounds of poop and other rubbish each day, with authorities struggling to remove it.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of rubbish
Noun
  • The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Lighting Lighting is the jewelry of any room, so take down those blah builder grade fixtures and replace them with something magical.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of blah
Noun
  • Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top' Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.
    Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of drool
Noun
  • Cory has also spent time learning and playing a multitude of instruments, performing on percussion in multiple ensembles, and filling in on whatever is needed for marching band, winter winds, and jazz band.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal at the Hammer Museum invites contemporary artists to pay tribute to the legendary jazz musician’s spirituality and sound through innovative mediums.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of jazz
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