The phrase may have originated earlier, but “Bah, humbug!” was popularized by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, published in 1843. It is the favored saying of the book’s central character, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean-spirited, miserly old man, who is visited by three spirits as a chance for personal redemption.
In the early chapters of the book, Scrooge has a particular disdain and contempt for Christmas:
“A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!” cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge’s nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach.
“Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
“Christmas a humbug, uncle!” said Scrooge’s nephew. “You don’t mean that, I am sure?”
“I do,” said Scrooge. “Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.”
“Come, then,” returned the nephew gaily. “What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You’re rich enough.”
Scrooge having no better answer ready on the spur of the moment, said, “Bah!” again; and followed it up with “Humbug.”
“bah”
exclamation of contempt, 1817, probably from French bah, expressing surprise, scorn, dismay. It was a “popular expression for dismissing with contempt any opinion or suggestion of the person with whom you are conversing.”
“humbug”
a vogue word of the early 1750s; its origin was a subject of much whimsical speculation even then. Meaning “spirit of deception or imposition; hollowness, sham” is from 1825.
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The word "humbug" is misunderstood by many people, which is a pity since the word provides a key insight into Scrooge's hatred of Christmas. The word "humbug" describes deceitful efforts to fool people by pretending to a fake loftiness or false sincerity. So when Scrooge calls Christmas a humbug, he is claiming that people only pretend to charity and kindness in an effort to delude him, each other, and themselves. In Scrooge's eyes, he is the one man honest enough to admit that no one really cares about anyone else, so for him, every wish for a Merry Christmas is one more deceitful effort to fool him and take advantage of him. This is a man who has turned to profit because he honestly believes everyone else will someday betray him or abandon him the moment he trusts them.
از روی ریاکاری و سو استفاده کریسمس رو تبریک میگن و در جواب پاسخ HUMBUG شنیدن یعنی گم شو برو خودتو خر کن .
پس تبدیل به اصطلاحی شد که هم معنی ریاکاری و فریب میده / هم معنی برو گم شو خودتو گول بزن فریب بده / هم معنی جشن کریسمس تقلبی یا جشن یا تبریک کریسمسی که طبق داستان ریاکارانه برای رسیدن به اهداف خودشون تبریک میگن کرییسمس ضد حال ! مثل خودمون که عیدهامون الکی شده / همون کسی که عیدش تخمیه و حاضر نیس برا عید جشن بگیره / عید تخماتیک
1. Say “Bah, HUMBUG!” when you are frustrated, disgusted, or in any way irked. This phrase will take the place of the usual dangit, drat, bummer, crap, darn, or oh snap.
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