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[ UK /hˈə‍ʊkəm/ ]
[ US /ˈhoʊkəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a message that seems to convey no meaning

How To Use hokum In A Sentence

  • This sounds like hokum, but it helped my cat immeasurably (by reducing his stress I suppose).
  • One could tolerate this kind of hokum, if only the movie had some fun with it.
  • And this ‘mental modeling’ notion is pure hokum.
  • Say, for the sake of argument, that this is all unsubstantiated holistic hokum.
  • Looking at the film now, it works beautifully as pure family entertainment, heavy on the sarcastic wit and full of unadulterated corn, cheese and hokum, especially in the final family group-hug scene.
  • That's bosh and hokum, and it does a disservice to the people.
  • Hollow Man is pure hokum, but the visual effects are the true stars. Times, Sunday Times
  • Alternatively, it could be argued that the chart made a dud prediction, and astrology is entertaining hokum that has as much to do with the real Jupiter as chocolate bars do with Mars.
  • The film 's hokum is fun for a while, but soon grows dull. Times, Sunday Times
  • I don't care whether it is all hokum and a big con trick
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