humbug: Word of the day for December 19, 2016
humbug , interj :
(slang) Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish! Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol, featuring the character Ebenezer Scrooge who hates Christmas and calls it a “humbug”, was first published on this day in 1843.
(slang) Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish! Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol, featuring the character Ebenezer Scrooge who hates Christmas and calls it a “humbug”, was first published on this day in 1843.
