The word "buncombe" is usable in written English and is well written.
It can be used to describe nonsense or foolish talk, often in a political context. Example: "The politician's speech was filled with buncombe, lacking any real substance." Alternatives include "nonsense" or "balderdash."
They have fed it naiveté and buncombe in doses never before administered to any people.
I learned from "Slang and Its Analogues" by J. S Farmer and W. E. Henley (Arno Press) that the earliest use of the word bunkum or buncombe or buncome is ascribed to one Felix Walker, a 19th-century Congressman from Buncombe County, North Carolina.
May 13 , 1830Buncombe, North Carolina April 14, 1894 Washington, D.C., United States Zebulon B. Vance, in full Zebulon Baird Vance (born May 13 , 1830 Buncombe county, N.C., U.S. died April 14 , 1894 Washington, D.C).
The Buncombe County register of deeds, Drew Reisinger, said Monday that he would accept marriage license applications from same-sex couples and seek an opinion from the state attorney general, Roy Cooper.
A block of buildings in Asheville, including the Buncombe County administrative offices, was evacuated after elections board workers spotted what they thought was a makeshift bomb in a soda bottle on the office doorstep.
WHERE -- Buncombe, Ill., near Shawnee National Forest I went to school at Southern Illinois University back in the early 80's and spent a lot of time in the Shawnee National Forest.
A small minority of districts, including Buncombe County, have used federal grants or local money to make the position full time.
When the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in North Carolina wanted to start a program for developing smartphone and tablet apps, the faculty had to consider the name carefully.
68,000), disagreements inevitably arise — even over such nondoctrinal matters as, say, how many houses of worship there are in Buncombe County... Writer describes the nature of the problem, which involves many storefront churches as well as a dozen or so Wiccan covens.
A 27-year-old man was shot in the chest and stomach after being robbed at gunpoint along with three of his friends in southern Buncombe County, N.C., late Friday night.
"It is my honor to acknowledge the full equality and humanity of all Buncombe County citizens who seek to marry," Reisinger said.
