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hogwash noun [ ˈhɒɡwɒʃ ]

• nonsense.
Similar: nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, blarney, claptrap, guff, blather, blether, rubbish, baloney, tripe, drivel, gobbledygook, bilge, bosh, bull, bunk, hot air, eyewash, piffle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, malarkey, twaddle, dribble, rot, cobblers, codswallop, cock, stuff and nonsense, tosh, double Dutch, flannel, waffle, havers, garbage, flapdoodle, blathers, wack, bushwa, applesauce, bunkum, tommyrot, cod, gammon, toffee, shit, bullshit, crap, bollocks, balls, crapola, bulldust,
Origin: mid 15th century: from hog + wash; the original sense was ‘kitchen swill for pigs’.


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