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Origin Of Peppermint Sweetie Or Humbug

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noun

• a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

adjective satellite

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

34%5Humbug
noun

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

34%7Humbug or poppycock
noun

• empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

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