variant of Buncombe.

(n) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Claptrap. A representative at Washington being asked why he made such a flowery and angry speech, so wholly uncalled for, made answer, “I was not speaking to the House, but to Buncombe,&# [..]

(slang) Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense (countable). (Washington, DC) Any bombastic political posturing or an oratorical display not accompanied by conviction; speechmaking designed [..]