hogwash
English
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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Noun
hogwash (uncountable)
- (informal, figuratively) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
- Synonym: nonsense
- 2016, T. Colin Campbell; Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition, BenBella Books, Inc., page 214:
- 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.
- (literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. [from mid 15th c.]
Synonyms
- (foolish talk): See Thesaurus:nonsense
Related terms
- pigwash
- pigswill from swill
- See Derived terms of wash
Translations
nonsense
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