hogwash® rules(?) - Wordsmith.org

You are not logged in. [Log In] Wordsmith Talk » Forums » General Topics » Wordplay and fun » hogwash® rules(?)

Page 3 of 3

Topic Options

#167934 - 05/01/07 07:20 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Does 'wash' mean 'waste' , in hogwash? To wash the hog I understood as ' to do a job ', that's what a saying: 'washing the hog' means here. Let me wash this hog means : Let me do this job. It felt like an encouragement to join that game. (--- yes, they are horrifying, but.....)
Top

#167937 - 05/01/07 08:16 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6595 Loc: Vermont	from OneLook: Quote: hogwash noun: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) though I like Encarta's better: (especially definition 1) Quote: hog·wash noun Definition: 1. nonsense: worthless stuff or nonsense ( informal ) What a pile of hogwash! 2. pigswill: leftovers of food that are given to hogs to eat
Top

#167940 - 05/01/07 08:34 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea]
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6481 Loc: lower upstate New York	Originally Posted By: BranShea Does 'wash' mean 'waste' , in hogwash? To wash the hog I understood as ' to do a job ', that's what a saying: 'washing the hog' means here. Let me wash this hog means : Let me do this job. It felt like an encouragement to join that game. (--- yes, they are horrifying, but.....) Well, hogwash could also be expressed as 'bullshit.' What's the Dutch for that?
Top

#167945 - 05/01/07 09:32 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: AnnaStrophic]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	' bullshit ' We have adopted the word in its original glory. Edited by BranShea (05/01/07 10:00 AM)
Top

#178159 - 07/15/08 01:37 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea]
Sneha Barve stranger Registered: 07/15/08 Posts: 1 Loc: Maharashtra	what is hogwash? Edited by Sneha Barve (07/15/08 01:37 AM)
Top

#178160 - 07/15/08 02:57 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: Sneha Barve]
The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: Sneha Barve what is hogwash? It's a game we play here. Before coming here I had not heard it called Hogwash but knew it simply as 'the dictionary game.' One person chooses a word from the dictionary that they think no one will know the meaning of, and then everyone else makes up spurious definitions (known as 'daffynitions'). All the pretend definitions and the real one are read out, and people vote for which they think is the real one. If someone votes for yours you get points, if no one votes for the real one, the person submitting that (known in this version of the game as the hogmaster, gets more points. If yu guess the right definition, you get a point (or two, or something).
Top

#186310 - 08/04/09 01:31 PM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: The Pook]
LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 830 Loc: Land of Flat River	Thanks, pook, for making it far more clear than the previous three pages.
Top

#186311 - 08/04/09 01:58 PM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: LukeJavan8]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Ha! Now that you've understood it you can VOTE (and if by chance you happen to vote for mine you get 3 points 'hors concours' + .... ( just bribing )
Top

Page 3 of 3

Forum Stats

7151 Members
16 Forums
12706 Topics
187591 Posts

Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM


	Wordsmith Talk		About Us \| What's New \| Search \| Site Map \| Contact Us