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humbug

slang term for fraud or nonsense; person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest
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humbug

Summary

humbug is a slang term[1]. humbug draws 319 Wikipedia views per month (slang_term category, ranking #17 of 44).[2]

Key Facts

  • humbug's instance of is recorded as slang term[3].
  • humbug's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/061w2x[4].
  • humbug's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • humbug's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • humbug's different from is recorded as Humbug[7].
  • humbug's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06623132-n[8].
  • humbug's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06623500-n[9].
  • humbug's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 00755028-n[10].

Why It Matters

humbug draws 319 Wikipedia views per month (slang_term category, ranking #17 of 44).[2] humbug has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_humbug-q1637005_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{humbug}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/humbug-q1637005}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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