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humbuggery (s) (noun), humbuggeries (pl)
The practice of pretense or deceptions and misleading falsehoods: Sally thought the offer the car dealer made was just another humbuggery to get her to buy an expensive car.

There are some people who are convinced that too many politicians are involved in humbuggery in order to fool the voters so they will elect such candidates.

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