hogwash
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hogwash
- /ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/ UK
- /ˈhɔɡ.wɑʃ/ US
- /ˈhɑɡ.wɑʃ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒɡwɒʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog + wash.
noun hogwashes
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Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
We have more faith in the average American than that. It’s not true that Americans love hogwash— it’s that hogwash inundates Americans, whether they want it or not! Some Americans want the truth— they just haven’t been able to find it because it is drowned out by hogwash.
Similar: hogshit, bullshit, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil
- A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.
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noun nonsense
| Español | tonterías, paparruchas, sinsentido |
|---|---|
| Português | disparate |
| Français | baratin, boniment |
| Deutsch | Quatsch, Unsinn, Blödsinn |
| Italiano | cazzata, stupidaggine, corbelleria, minchiata |
| Ελληνικά | κουραφέξαλα kouraféxala |
| Русский | бред си́вой кобы́лы bred sívoj kobýly, вздор vzdor, ерунда́ jerundá, глу́пости glúposti, фигня́ fignjá |
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