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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

The word humbug

Hi

Do native speakers use the word humbug these days?

Don't listen to him; his talks are sheer humbug.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Not very much. You do come across it occasionally. Famously, "Bah!

— GPY

  • Not very much.
  • You do come across it occasionally.
  • Famously, "Bah!
  • " is a line spoken by the miserable Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol .
  • People quote this, usually in jest.
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Not very much. You do come across it occasionally.

Famously, "Bah! Humbug!" is a line spoken by the miserable Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. People quote this, usually in jest.
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