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Printablenotaprintztype said: This from word-detective.com:
Dear Word Detective: Where does "hogwash" derive from? "Hogwash" in the farming sense is garbage, kitchen waste, or sometimes the leftover refuse of a brewery, used as slop or swill for the feeding of swine. The "wash" in "hogwash" is derived from the noun "wash," which has many senses, including "waste water, discharged after use in washing" (as in rinsing out a pot, for instance), and "hogwash" in the literal feed-the-piggies sense is indeed often largely liquid. "Hogwash" first appeared in English in the barnyard sense around 1440, and by 1712 was being used as a synonym for cheap liquor or any other worthless thing, including bad writing. By the late 1800s, "hogwash" was being used among journalists themselves to describe worthless writing in newspapers, and ever since "hogwash" has been used to mean any sort of intellectually fraudulent argument or specious proclamation. Hope that sheds somelight...  Isn't that what I said - in a less verbose way and without plagiarizing?  [Edited 8/5/08 20:18pm] We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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psychodelicide said: ThreadBare said:  That's the one!!!! Wasn't it Jackie Cooper who said that?Yes, I watched the clip on youtube yesterday. "When the Wind Blows" Part 2. | |
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Genesia said: notaprintztype said: This from word-detective.com:
Dear Word Detective: Where does "hogwash" derive from? "Hogwash" in the farming sense is garbage, kitchen waste, or sometimes the leftover refuse of a brewery, used as slop or swill for the feeding of swine. The "wash" in "hogwash" is derived from the noun "wash," which has many senses, including "waste water, discharged after use in washing" (as in rinsing out a pot, for instance), and "hogwash" in the literal feed-the-piggies sense is indeed often largely liquid. "Hogwash" first appeared in English in the barnyard sense around 1440, and by 1712 was being used as a synonym for cheap liquor or any other worthless thing, including bad writing. By the late 1800s, "hogwash" was being used among journalists themselves to describe worthless writing in newspapers, and ever since "hogwash" has been used to mean any sort of intellectually fraudulent argument or specious proclamation. Hope that sheds somelight... Isn't that what I said - in a less verbose way and without plagiarizing?
[Edited 8/5/08 20:18pm] Plagiarizing is passing off information as your own. I cited my source. Rolling eyes and attacking someone you don't know? Bad form. | |
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ThreadBare said: psychodelicide said: ! Wasn't it Jackie Cooper who said that?Yes, I watched the clip on youtube yesterday. "When the Wind Blows" Part 2. I gotta find that clip, thanks.  RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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