hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

Piltdown hoax, Piltdown man - a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax

cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with