who said bah-humbug

The famous phrase “Bah! Humbug!” is said by Ebenezer Scrooge , the grumpy main character in Charles Dickens’s 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.

Who said “Bah! Humbug”?

• The character is Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold, miserly old businessman who hates Christmas at the start of the story.

• He uses “Bah!” as a sharp grunt of contempt and “Humbug!” to dismiss Christmas as nonsense or a fraud.

What does “Bah! Humbug!” mean?

• Bah is an annoyed, dismissive exclamation, while humbug was old slang for trickery, deception, or “nonsense.”

• Put together, “Bah! Humbug!” basically means “Nonsense, I don’t believe in this and want nothing to do with it,” especially about Christmas cheer.

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