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#1 2010-02-07 18:01:45

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1702

"debung" for debunk

To “debunk” is a word coined in 1923 by novelist W.E. Woodward , for “taking the bunk out of things.” “To debung” must refer to taking the bung out. In the context, I can only imagine that “debunged” might mean opened to scrutiny, or tested and discarded, or maybe, deflated.

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Just as the Da Vinci Code has been debunged so shall Nostradumus be.
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Swine flu debanked. Five myths that must be untold
http://tropiland.org/swine-flu-debanked … be-untold/

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