Entry Word: humbug

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an imitation that is passed off as genuine <tests showed that the “old” map of America was a cleverly made humbug> — see fake 1
2 language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense <those UFO stories are a lot of humbug> — see nonsense 1
3 one who makes false claims of identity or expertise <one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar> — see impostor