Political Speech Terminology

noun a county in North Carolina, United States

• The politician's speech was full of buncombe and lacked any substantial policy proposals.
• Don't listen to him, he's just talking buncombe.
• I can't believe people actually fall for that buncombe.
• Her excuses were nothing but buncombe to avoid taking responsibility.

adjective expressing or conveying a plea or earnest request

• The supplicatory prayer was recited by the priest during the solemn ceremony.
• She sent a supplicatory message to her boss asking for an extension on the deadline.
• I'm gonna shoot up a supplicatory text to my crush and see if they respond.
• The artist's paintings had a supplicatory quality, inviting viewers to reflect on deeper meanings.