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hog⋅wash

[hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog-]
–noun
1. refuse given to hogs; swill.
2. any worthless stuff.
3. meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk.

Origin:
1400–50; 1900–05 for def. 2; late ME. See hog, wash
hog·wash   (hôg'wôsh', -wŏsh, hŏg'-)   
n.  
  1. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense.
  2. Garbage fed to hogs; swill.

Hogwash

Hog"wash`\, n. Swill. --Arbuthnot.
Language Translation for : hogwash
Spanish: pamplina, disparate, tontería,
German: der Quatsch,
Japanese: くだらないこと

hogwash 
c.1440, from hog + wash; originally "slops fed to pigs;" extended to "cheap liquor" (1712) then to "inferior writing" (1773).
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