a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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Heaps of stone, bricks, and rubbish obstructed the approaches.

It was historical rubbish by the lies of ommission it committed.

Several firms have taken that idea to heart and are seeking profitable ways to turn rubbish into fuel.

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Heaps of stone, bricks, and rubbish obstructed the approaches.

It was historical rubbish by the lies of ommission it committed.

Several firms have taken that idea to heart and are seeking profitable ways to turn rubbish into fuel.

What's really important to us is where the rubbish line.

More scientific rubbish from men playing with public funding that apparently has no end for this kind of nonsense.

What a shame to see it reduced to peddling this global warming rubbish.

Pretty much all band-related apps are the same, and they're mostly rubbish.

Horse manure, scraps of metal and plastic bags full of rubbish have piled up over the years.

He apparently believes this rubbish about the godhead in each one.

Charging families for each bag of rubbish they produce seems environmentally sound and economically sensible.

In the genesabsolute rubbish because clearly genes are but another what comes first the chicken or the egg situation.

Trying to convince people about the benefits of trophy lion harvest is sheer rubbish.

The old man's memory was nothing but a rubbish heap of details.

Not an entirely false statement, given that the transcript appears to be rubbish.

Some communities have successfully taken the initiative over ordinary rubbish as well as waste water.

Please consult a real security expert before writing such irresponsible rubbish.

Police criminologists have examined hundreds of scraps of cloth, paper and rubbish found near the murder.

SO, some process must be in place to sort out the rubbish from the not-rubbish so to speak.

Indeed, the grubby courtyard next to a rubbish tip down the dirt lane housing the equipment does not inspire confidence.

The idea that such a broad consensus among scientists from many nations could be a conspiracy if rubbish.

In some cantons you have to pay stamps for bin bags to discourage too much rubbish from being thrown away.

Absolute rubbish as not every accident can be planned for and there are thousands of things that can go wrong.

The street is unpaved, muddy and lined with compacted rubbish.

So let's leave the rubbish moralising to the bigots and focus on equality and the right of every person to live with dignity.

The stairwells reek of urine and cheap disinfectant and the smell of decaying rubbish wafts from the disposal chutes.

Funny how they pick which bits of rubbish they follow.

Efforts are being made to stir up civic pride and reduce the smog caused by fires, by collecting rubbish and waste more reliably.

QM denialists would have claimed that the theory was rubbish because of this incompleteness.

Haitians are growing angry over rising food prices and mounting rubbish.

Every rubbish skip has ragged children in it, foraging for lunch.

They dump large piles of household rubbish and building rubble on the fields and across the path.

Rubbish may be collected less often, sewage pipes fixed more slowly and staff sent home on certain days.

Rubin's article is much less rubbish than your comment.

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World English Dictionary

rubbish (ˈrʌbɪʃ)

—n
1.	worthless, useless, or unwanted matter
2.	discarded or waste matter; refuse
3.	foolish words or speech; nonsense

—vb
4.	informal (tr) to criticize; attack verbally

[C14 robys, of uncertain origin]

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

rubbish

c.1400, from Anglo-Fr. rubouses (1392), of unknown origin. Apparently somehow related to rubble. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang.

Slang Dictionary

rubbish definition

n.
nonsense. (Also an exclamation.) : Rubbish! That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

rubbish

see good riddance (to bad rubbish).

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