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Hogwash

//ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Foolish talk or writing; nonsense. figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) wordnet
  3. 3
    A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. uncountable, usually

Etymology

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.

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