The word "bunk" was shortened from the term "buncombe", which was coined circa 1820 by Congressman Felix Walker, a U.S. congressman representing North Carolina's Buncombe County. Felix gave a long, meaningless speech during a debate, stating he was "speaking for Buncombe". His colleagues took this as a confession of the speech's pointlessness and the name of his county became synonymous with such empty talk, evolving over time to "bunkum" and then the shortened "bunk". 🌠The More You Know!
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😂 honestly, someone getting kicked out of bed sounds more believable- even if it’s not the true meaning lo
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Where someone got out of a bed stacked over another bed but with the realization of how to prove something was fundementally wrong!
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Interesting. It made me reflect on the origins of the word debug, used about finding and correcting mistakes in software.
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🙏😁 isn't about * dismissed * I always thought that debunked more and less about .. * You're out..*😔🙏❤
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Anybody else answer the questions and never watch the video?
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