humbug

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Bah humbug,How much muscle memory did Zuckerberg have?

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Quick take

pretentious or silly talk or writing

Meaning at a glance

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noun

pretentious or silly talk or writing

noun

communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

noun

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for humbug.

noun

pretentious or silly talk or writing

noun

communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

noun

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

See also: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on

verb

trick or deceive

Example sentences

Bah humbug,How much muscle memory did Zuckerberg have?

> Although anyone worth their salt should recognize the halting problemBah humbug.

So while I might embrace the future when it comes with mobile devices, to this ... travesty ... called Facebook = Social, I say, "bah humbug.

But there is a difference between not understanding something and proclaiming it "humbug" because you dont understand it.

Yes, I've since read other comments and have a better understanding of the reasoning behind .attr and .prop, so I'm a little less bah-humbug about having to refactor before upgrading.

And looking back through my work, I see that it is invariably where I lacked a political purpose that I wrote lifeless books and was betrayed into purple passages, sentences without meaning, decorative adjectives and humbug generally.