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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 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 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: 7210 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: 6511 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: 5295 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 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8438 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Thanks, pook, for making it far more clear than the previous three pages. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #186311 - 08/04/09 01:58 PM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: LukeJavan8] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 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 #191596 - 06/18/10 06:04 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: BranShea] Diamond Gayle stranger Registered: 06/18/10 Posts: 1 Wow, yes thanks Pook for clearing that up! Edited by Diamond Gayle (06/18/10 06:07 AM) Top #191601 - 06/18/10 11:23 AM Re: hogwash® rules(?) [Re: Diamond Gayle] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8438 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Welcome! _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- 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. 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