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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: tsuwm] #167934 05/01/07 11:20 AM 05/01/07 11:20 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 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.....) Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea] #167937 05/01/07 12:16 PM 05/01/07 12:16 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 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 Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea] #167940 05/01/07 12:34 PM 05/01/07 12:34 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 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? Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: AnnaStrophic] #167945 05/01/07 01:32 PM 05/01/07 01:32 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague ' bullshit ' We have adopted the word in its original glory. Last edited by BranShea; 05/01/07 02:00 PM. Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea] #178159 07/15/08 05:37 AM 07/15/08 05:37 AM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Maharashtra S Sneha Barve stranger Sneha Barve   stranger S Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Maharashtra what is hogwash? Last edited by Sneha Barve; 07/15/08 05:37 AM. Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: Sneha Barve] #178160 07/15/08 06:57 AM 07/15/08 06:57 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 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). Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: The Pook] #186310 08/04/09 05:31 PM 08/04/09 05:31 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,190 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,190 Land of the Flat Water Thanks, pook, for making it far more clear than the previous three pages. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: LukeJavan8] #186311 08/04/09 05:58 PM 08/04/09 05:58 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 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 ) Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea] #191596 06/18/10 10:04 AM 06/18/10 10:04 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1 D Diamond Gayle stranger Diamond Gayle   stranger D Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1 Wow, yes thanks Pook for clearing that up! Last edited by Diamond Gayle; 06/18/10 10:07 AM. Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: Diamond Gayle] #191601 06/18/10 03:23 PM 06/18/10 03:23 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,190 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,190 Land of the Flat Water Welcome! ----please, draw me a sheep---- Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  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. 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