Article: Why use the word "Debunk"

[Mick]

You can view the page at http://metabunk.org/content.php?125-...he-word-Debunk

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I believe a new T-shirt slogan has been born.

[Charlie Primero]

> "Debunking. Getting rid of the bunk. It's what we do."

A bunk is:

1. a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.

2. Informal . any bed.

3. a cabin used for sleeping quarters, as in a summer camp; bunkhouse.

4. a trough for feeding cattle.



I think you meant; "bunkum"

1. insincere speechmaking by a politician intended merely to please local constituents.



2. insincere talk; claptrap; humbug.



Also, buncombe.


Origin:
Americanism ; after speech in 16th Congress, 1819–21, by F. Walker, who said he was bound to speak for Buncombe (N.C. county in district he represented)

[MikeC]

Bunk is a generally accepted shortening of bunkum that appear in many dictinoaries, if not all, eg:

Content from external source:

bunk1
n
1. a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) short for bunk bed
3. Informal any place where one sleeps
vb
1. (intr; often foll by down) to prepare to sleep he bunked down on the floor
2. (intr) to occupy a bunk or bed
3. (tr) to provide with a bunk or bed
[probably short for bunker]

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bunk2
n
Informal short for bunkum [1]

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bunk3 Brit slang
n
a hurried departure, usually under suspicious circumstances (esp in the phrase do a bunk)
vb
(usually foll by off) to play truant from (school, work, etc.)
[perhaps from bunk1 (in the sense: to occupy a bunk, hence a hurried departure, as on a ship)]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bunk

[Critical Thinker]

When I look up the definition of debunk...

de·bunk(d-bngk)tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunksTo expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of:





However, due to the politeness policy we are to limit our discourse to the 'expose' part. I understand and agree with that policy, but sometimes it really is an exercise in self control to refrain from engaging in ridicule of the more absurd claims that are made..... alas, so many snarky quips and snide remarks must go unspoken (unwritten).

[Jazzy]

When I look up the definition of debunk...
de·bunk(d-bngk)tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunksTo expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of:

However, due to the politeness policy we are to limit our discourse to the 'expose' part. I understand and agree with that policy, but sometimes it really is an exercise in self control to refrain from engaging in ridicule of the more absurd claims that are made..... alas, so many snarky quips and snide remarks must go unspoken (unwritten).

Or not, and pay the consequences. There are times when this works for me.