as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
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Recent Examples of hogwash
This is the sort of expert hogwash that Reiner, for a while, did better than anyone.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
How To Make Cheese Straws With Ease Cheese straws get a bad rap for being difficult to make, but that’s a load of hogwash.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
Some are eager to make the comparison; others denounce it as hogwash and misappropriation.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Josh Robbins: The notion there should be an asterisk next to the Lakers’ title is hogwash.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
How To Make Cheese Straws With Ease Cheese straws get a bad rap for being difficult to make, but that’s a load of hogwash.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
Some are eager to make the comparison; others denounce it as hogwash and misappropriation.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Josh Robbins: The notion there should be an asterisk next to the Lakers’ title is hogwash.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogwash
Noun
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Of all the horrendous nonsense we were forced to entertain this spring, none of it was more horrendously nonsensical than the idea of people vibe-coding their own cybersecurity solutions.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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There’s nothing wrong with nonsense.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Some argue that parking, sewer and garbage – the infrastructure designed for single-family homes – is being stretched too thin.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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However, the playoffs have delivered over and over to viewers and rewarded us for putting up with garbage regular-season games.—
David Troy,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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If the holes appear shallow, then they could be made by squirrels, looking for places to store nuts, or by skunks and raccoons, digging for grubs.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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Some foods - like whole grains, kale, nuts and seeds - are good sources of insoluble fiber, which helps keep digestion moving.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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Trash pickup Chris Barnett, Orion Township supervisor, said residents of his community will be allowed to place more bagged trash outside at their next Waste Management pickup day to help handle overflow rubbish from paper plates, etc.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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From the Japanese point of view, leaving rubbish piled up in a stadium would be a bother to others.—
Stephen Wade,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The American League West is a Buc-ees-sized truck stop of blah, and an 81-win team could win it.—
Mac Engel
April 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
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Turn a blah brunch into a party with our famous Party Potatoes.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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And not just because one of the leading contestants torched himself and his political livelihood in a bonfire of hubris and stupidity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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That men like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are entrusted with businesses of tectonic influence can be difficult to understand, but their cults of personality have been able to survive scrutiny, perhaps because the money itself is too imposing a firewall for their own stupidity to penetrate.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2026
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Every part of this song is high-energy silliness.—
Charlie Harding,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Commentors, of course, had a mixed bag of reactions, ranging from arguing that Kelce is the Duchess of Delco to criticizing the governor's silliness.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Hogwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogwash. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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