buncombe

• The naked and the nude - Robert Graves, that master of buncombe and poetry, wrote a poem contrasting the two, and giving all the props to the former —  Limited, Inc.
• I think he actually believes in his policies, including centrally his ridiculous "Green Shift," and the climatological buncombe that lies behind it. —  PTBC J-Log
• SmithMillCreek: Joe Minicozzi says NCDOT ignores total life-cycle cost of bridge designs: land use, tax base, housing 6: 47pm mountainxpress: david gantt, chmn of buncombe county commissioners, is listening to burton st. presentation. 7: 09pm —  News
• I mean, it's still fathomless crap with no basis other than wishful thinking and no predictive power, but the buncombe and cant is restated in bold, easily readable declarative sentences. —  MetaFilter Projects
• [1447] Not less helpful was the platform, drafted by Seymour, which abounded in short, clear, compact statements, without buncombe or the least equivocation. —  A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

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