Mumpitz

Since the middle of the 19th century, first emerging in Berlin bourses, from earlier Mummelputz (“scarecrow, scary hooded figure”), equivalent to mummen (“to masquerade”) + Butz (“goblin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊmpɪt͡s/

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• Hyphenation: Mum‧pitz

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1. (informal) nonsense, bullshit (something wrong or unimportant)
   • 2022 February 9, Kevin Kühnert, quotee, “Ukraine-Konflikt: SPD-Spitze auf Distanz zu Schröder”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung‎:

     Der Vorwurf des Säbelrasselns an die Ukraine ist eine offenkundige Verdrehung der Tatsachen und, mit Verlaub, einfach Mumpitz.

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• Mumpitz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Mumpitz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mumpitz” in Duden online
• “Mumpitz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon