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Hokum

Hokum meaning

(An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate. | (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc. | A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.

Example sentences (4)

Innuendo and double entendres… Back in the early to mid 20th Century, they called it hokum and radio couldn’t play it.

Not only do viewers have to deal with a lot of silly ghost hokum, but the subplot of Blanche dating a baseball player who she “turns into a cross-dresser” is forced and unamusing.

The "Hokum" demonstrated its advantages by operating at a high altitude and an air temperature of more than 30 °C.

Three Hokum-Xs were completed from 1998-2001.