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
Film music historians agree that this is hogwash.
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Adrian Daub, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2021
Which is pure hogwash.
—Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
The latter hogwash led to a deeply disappointing number of online videos of people sticking metal objects to themselves.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2023
That’s just hogwash.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022
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Adrian Daub, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2021
Which is pure hogwash.
—Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
The latter hogwash led to a deeply disappointing number of online videos of people sticking metal objects to themselves.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2023
That’s just hogwash.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022
See all Example Sentences for hogwash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogwash
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On the one hand, Amazon Autos strips away all that nonsense – find your car, handle the details online, pick it up, done.Chris Walton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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In the new world order, media and reporting are tossed together with a mix of truth, opinion, and nonsense.Axios, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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The juvenile was white with brownish brindle patches around each eye and found in a garbage bag.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
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While Dogtown's hot dog menu is immense, Basile said garbage plates are always a top seller.Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Focus on magnesium-rich foods like leafy green vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds.Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
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Its cooking difficulty ranges from easy to advanced, and its services offer the option to omit ingredients like dairy, nuts, soy, wheat, and more.Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 Dec. 2024
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But there has been so much rubbish written about me and Brittany.Alex Gurley, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Unreal Mobile Difference Sharing Azalea’s no-nonsense, no-filter attitude, Unreal challenges the rubbish that plagues the industry.Sara Smith, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
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Lighting Lighting is the jewelry of any room, so take down those blah builder grade fixtures and replace them with something magical.Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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In other words, people managed to eat, sleep, make love, and progress despite the shocking stupidity of the country’s first democratic government that was founded in Weimar after WWI.John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Whereas other characters are defined by their flaws — Moe’s lack of a love life, Skinner’s crippling attachment to his mother, and Homer’s general stupidity — Flanders is always relatively free of problems.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top' Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
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The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Hogwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogwash. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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