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Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 Topic Options #167934 - 05/01/07 07:20 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: tsuwm] BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1870 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] etaoin etaoin Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6045 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 AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6380 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 BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1870 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague ' bullshit ' We have adopted the word in its original glory. Edited by BranShea (05/01/07 10:00 AM) Top Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 Previous Topic   Index   Next Topic   Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode BranShea View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts etaoin View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts AnnaStrophic View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts BranShea View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6475 Members 16 Forums 12023 Topics 176762 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (Zed) and 143 anonymous users online. details Newest Members Beth, Eileen, dnsm4, celtic, Reva 6475 Registered Users Top Posters 13858 wwh 11424 Faldage 9601 Jackie 8584 tsuwm 6380 AnnaStrophic 6296 Wordwind 6045 etaoin 5365 of troy 4683 maverick 4186 WhitmanO'Neill May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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