hogwash
pronunciation
How to pronounce hogwash in British English:
UK [ˈhɒgwɒʃ]
How to pronounce hogwash in American English:
US [ˈhɔgwɑʃ]
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- Noun:
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Word Origin
- hogwash (n.)
- mid-15c., "slops fed to pigs," from hog (n.) + wash (n.). Extended to "cheap liquor" (1712) then to "inferior writing" (1773).
Example
- 1. That 's a bunch of hogwash .
- 2. Yet , he robs my time with this seller hogwash .
- 3. Give us better news this is hogwash that needs no reporting on .
- 4. Sentimental hogwash . I want my motion .
- 5. The government report about the murder is nothing but hogwash .