January 24, 2009

Hokum & Bunkum

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–noun 
1. out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
2. elements of low comedy introduced into a play, novel, etc., for the laughs they may bring.
3. sentimental matter of an elementary or stereotyped kind introduced into a play or the like.
4. false or irrelevant material introduced into a speech, essay, etc., in order to arouse interest, excitement, or amusement. 


clubdumas  
Barely releasable hokum, stuffed with [cheesy] blah-blah, Roman Polanski's tongue-in-cheek occult thriller The Ninth Gate stars a [solemn] and dapper Johnny Depp as a rare-book hustler hired to track down a 17th-century satanic tome for billionaire collector Frank Langella.

tongue-in-cheek
–adjective 
Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.

dapper 
–adjective 
1. neat; trim; smart: He looked very dapper in his new suit.  
2. lively and brisk: to walk with a dapper step. 
3. small and active. 


pantomime 
mime
antics
buffoon & charlatan
stooge

witticism
conundrum 
tantrum 
Fray 

pun
The title 10 Things I Hate About You just begs for groan-[inducing] [puns] about its film's quality.
Crypto








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