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11hogwash — /hawg wosh , wawsh , hog /, n. 1. refuse given to hogs; swill. 2. any worthless stuff. 3. meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk. [1400 50; 1900 05, for def 2; late ME. See HOG, WASH] * * * …
12Hogwash — Hog wash , n. 1. Swill. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Meaningless talk; nonsense; balderdash; bunk; also used as an interjection, expressing scornful disbelief. [PJC] …
13nonsense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. absurdity, senselessness, silliness, trash, foolishness. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Matter that has no meaning] Syn. balderdash, rubbish, twaddle, trash, gobbledygook, drivel, scribble …
14rigmarole — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. drivel, red tape, formalities, inanity; see bureaucracy 2 , nonsense 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. babble, blather, gobbledygook, drivel, *bunk, *rot, claptrap, *bilge, hog wash, bull, twaddle. see nonsense III… …
15hogwash — noun informal nonsense. Origin C15 (meaning kitchen swill for pigs ): from hog + wash …
16foolishness — n 1. senselessness, meaninglessness, thoughtlessness, shallowness, vacantness, blankness, vacuousness, emptiness; vapidity, vapidness, insipidity, insipidness, flatness, dullness, tediousness; stupidity, asininity, imbecility, idioticalness,… …
17trumpery — n 1. rubbish, trash, riffraff, Brit. Dial. raff, litter, chaff; refuse, Dial. culch, garbage, waste, debris, detritus, rubble, wreckage; junk, worthless stuff, Sl. dreck; bits and pieces, odds and ends, fag ends, remnants; castoffs, rags, tatters …
18Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… …
19Hyena — This article is about the family of animals. For other uses, see Hyena (disambiguation). Hyenas Temporal range: 26–0 Ma …
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