An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
HOKUM
nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
(noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hokum (usually uncountable, plural hokums)
(countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
Synonyms: bunkum, Thesaurus:nonsense
(countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.
(countable, informal) A film, television programme, theater production, etc, containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.
(uncountable, music genre) A genre of blues song or music, often characterized by sexual innuendos or satire.
Anagrams
• Kuhmo, khoum
Source: Wiktionary
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