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a bed stacked on a lie, since both mean nonsense and napping

word originFrom Buncombe County, a congressman's empty speech in 1820
debunkCoined in 1923 to strip the bull from claims
naval rootsBunks saved space on ships and submarines for centuries
buncoSame con-artist root spawned police bunco squads
history is bunkHenry Ford's famous dismissal of the past
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