hogwashes

Utter foolish rubbish

Hogwashes is the plural of hogwash, which originally meant kitchen slop fed to pigs.

The dominant modern sense is worthless or nonsensical talk: His explanation was pure hogwash.

The plural appears when referring to multiple instances of foolish claims: The report was full of hogwashes and half-truths.

nonsense

rubbish

Waste or nonsense

baloney · malarkey · gibberish · twaddle · bunk · claptrap · codswallop · tommyrot · piffle · hooey

deception

lies

Deliberate untruths

propaganda · spin · disinformation · fibs · untruths · deceit · distortions · exaggerations · misrepresentations · fakery

swill

slop

Liquid food waste

refuse · dregs · kitchen scraps · trough · offal · leavings

Opposites
truth and validity

hogwashestruths

Accurate statements about reality

facts · realities · verities · certainties · hard facts

value and substance

hogwasheswisdom

Good judgment from experience

insights · profundities · gems · pearls of wisdom · sagacity

Family

hogwash

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G