debunk

...(US slang)=get out of bed? ah, here it is, remove the humbug or pretence from. hmmm, humbug(E)= fraud, sham, of unkn.origin, its vogue commented upon in "The Student", 1751("Of the Superlative Advantages arising from the use of the new-invented Science, called the Humbug"), Onions English Etymology, p.452, Ox.U.Press,1966,= bunko/banco(sp)=banca(sp)=card game,=bunko squad(Amer.slang)= police squad in charge of bad checks,=bunkum(Amer.slang)=political chicanery, 1845, Buncombe County, N. Carolina, the member for which persisted in declaring he was bound to "make a speech for Buncombe, but, "talking to Bunkum" recorded as early as 1828,=bunkum(Can. Fr.)=le buncum sa,= il est bon comme sa(Fr),=bonker(E dial.)=large strapping, today,=bonkers(E)=mad,= b/po(n)c/ker= pocyo/pocyotl(N/root)=smoke/vapor.