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Hogwash!
Meaning
- A polite but firm way of calling something nonsense, rubbish, or a blatant lie. It is a colorful way to dismiss an argument you do not believe.
Disdainful, old-fashioned
Used in a sentence
- He claimed he won the marathon by jogging backwards, but that is absolute hogwash.
- Do not believe that marketing brochure, it is total hogwash.
- When she said she did not eat the cake, I told her that was pure hogwash.
The backstory
This originates from the 18th century. It refers to the slop or swill fed to hogs, which was essentially just a bucket of garbage and leftovers.
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