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buncomize

buncomize
 v.— «To “buncomize” is to “talk bunkum,” and no one does this with a better vocabulary than pseudoscientists, who lace their hokum narratives with scientistic jargon.» —“Bunkum!” by Michael Shermer Scientific American Jan., 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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