Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "A humbug is a person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student slang, and recorded in 1840 as a "nautical phrase". It is now also often used as an exclamation to mean nonsense or gibberish.When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle."@en }
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- Humbug comment "A humbug is a person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student slang, and recorded in 1840 as a "nautical phrase". It is now also often used as an exclamation to mean nonsense or gibberish.When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle.".