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Humbug

/hˈʌˌmbʌɡ/
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(noun) A hoax, jest, or prank.

"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"
My profession? Poet and humbug.
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The old man dismissed the new invention as nothing more than expensive ____.

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