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hogwash

/ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/ noun

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  1. Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
  2. A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Origin

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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