Humbug - Wikipedia When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle In modern usage, the word is most associated with the character Ebenezer Scrooge, created by Charles Dickens in his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol
HUMBUG Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster imposture, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine
Humbug - My Singing Monsters Wiki Humbug's name is a portmanteau of "Hum" and "Bug", referring to its hum-like buzzing sound and that it is a bug It is also a play on the English word of the same name
humbug - Wiktionary, the free dictionary humbug (third-person singular simple present humbugs, present participle humbugging, simple past and past participle humbugged) (slang) To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive quotations
Humbug! Where does that word come from anyway? - CNN Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax
Humbug - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Humbug is language that's either deceptive or just ridiculous Either way, it's verbal garbage and inspires people to mutter "Bah! Humbug!" — just like Scrooge did in A Christmas Carol