bunk

Camp sleeping shelf

Bunk has two unrelated origins.

One gives us the narrow bed built into a wall or stacked in tiers: bunk beds, ship's bunks, summer camp bunks.

To bunk is to sleep, especially in makeshift quarters: We bunked in the barn.

The other bunk means nonsense or empty talk, shortened from bunkum (itself from Buncombe County, North Carolina, whose congressman notoriously spoke just to impress constituents): That's a load of bunk.

To debunk is to expose such nonsense.

nonsense

balderdash

Senseless talk or writing

hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
twaddleTrivial, foolish talk

malarkey · claptrap · codswallop · drivel · humbug · baloney · hokum · rubbish · garbage · foolishness

bed

mattress

Padded sleeping surface

ladderPortable climbing frame
frameSupporting outer structure
upperShoe part above sole

lower · guardrail · stacked · twin · loft · wooden · metal · sturdy · rails · slats

quarters

barracks

Soldiers' residential building

dormitoryStudent living building
hostelShared traveler lodging
cabinSimple wooden dwelling

berth · ship · submarine · military · navy · sailors · soldiers · railcar · sleeper · compartment

childhood

sleepovers

Overnight stays with friends

whispersSpeaks very quietly
gigglesShort, silly laughs
flashlightsPortable battery-powered lamps

secrets · teddybears · pajamas · nightlights · lullabies · sibling · sharing

escape

skip

To deliberately exclude

fleeDepart swiftly from threat
abscondFlee to avoid capture
truancyUnauthorized absence from school

curfew · sneak · ditch · disappear · bolt · scarper

bunk

balderdash

mattress

barracks

sleepovers

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