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- Humbug abstract "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. In modern usage, the word is most associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, a character created by Charles Dickens. His famous reference to Christmas, "Bah! Humbug!", declaring Christmas to be a fraud, is commonly used in stage and television versions of A Christmas Carol and also appeared frequently in the original book. The word is also prominently used in The Wizard of Oz, where the wizard describes himself as "just a humbug."Another use of the word was by John Collins Warren, a Harvard Medical School professor who worked at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Warren performed the first public operation with the use of ether anesthesia, administered by William Thomas Green Morton, a dentist. To the stunned audience at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Warren declared, "Gentlemen, this is no humbug."".
- Humbug thumbnail JENNY_LIND_HUMBUG.jpg?width=300.
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- Humbug hasPhotoCollection Humbug.
- Humbug subject Category:Archaic_English_words_and_phrases.
- Humbug subject Category:Hoaxes.
- 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.".
- Humbug label "Humbug".
- Humbug label "Humbug".
- Humbug label "詐騙集團".
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- Humbug sameAs Q1637005.
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- Humbug wasDerivedFrom Humbug?oldid=602418058.
- Humbug depiction JENNY_LIND_HUMBUG.jpg.
- Humbug isPrimaryTopicOf Humbug.