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hogwash

[ hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog- ]

noun

  1. refuse given to hogs; swill.
  2. any worthless stuff.
  3. meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk.


hogwash

/ ˈ³óÉ’É¡ËŒ·Éɒʃ /

noun

  1. informal.
    nonsense
  2. pigswill
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hogwash1

1400–50; 1900–05 hogwash fordef 2; late Middle English. See hog, wash
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No surprise, really, as under his real name, Robinson denied the Holocaust, calling it "hogwash," and pushed anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

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And before Tucker Carlson was embracing Holocaust denialism, Robinson was raving that it was "hogwash" to believe the Nazi genocide of Jews happened.

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His wife Amanda was less discreet about it - she went on social media to describe the claims as "a load of hogwash".

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Troy Douthett with the Butler City Council dismissed as “hogwash†the Secret Service’s claim that the shooter was outside its security perimeter.

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Now let’s turn to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose campaign for president has allowed his dangerous anti-vaccine hogwash to be mainstreamed into the body politic like an IV drip of strychnine.

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