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
Some are eager to make the comparison; others denounce it as hogwash and misappropriation.
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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
The other camp says hogwash and would argue that the DDE is sorely lacking, amounts to an oversimplification, and has little to offer.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
These are typically hogwash for multiple reasons, not least of which is the combination of ideological bias with the pretense of ideological neutrality.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogwash
Noun
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That rule is nonsense — especially with two applicants who pretty clearly spend most of their time in Tallahassee, and two who work in Lakeland.—
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But the residency rule is nonsense.—
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That’s the whole point of that process of aging and using garbage bags and paint.—
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Raising the city’s garbage fee was another structural solution that aldermen and the mayor opted to avoid because of similar political difficulties.—
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The next slide showed a mouthwatering array of meats, cheeses, crudite and nuts set for snacking on, along with bottles of Haack's champagne line, Clé Cachée, chilling behind an array of glasses.—
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For instance, nuts, seeds, nut butters, and chocolate are more prone to oxidation, which can lead to rancid flavors or a gritty texture.—
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.—
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
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In other words, our complexion is looking pallid, our skin is dry, and our overall appearance is just a little blah at the moment.—
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Instead of layers upon layers of neutral greige tones that simply feel blah, embrace contrast, rich tones, surfaces with a patina, and items that tell a story.—
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So please excuse my ignorance and stupidity here, but.—
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That’s how stupidity often is—causing problems, but also presenting opportunities.—
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The show combines the world-building vibes of BoJack Horseman with the silliness of Bob’s Burgers, and tops the whole thing off with the musical stylings of a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — all wrapped in family-friendly packaging.—
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Then came the commemorative T-shirts and hats and the horde of reporters around Saquon Barkley as the running back reflected on the silliness of this season.—
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“Hogwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogwash. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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