79: hogwash Feb 25, 2015

Hello everyone, the word 'hogwash, unlike 'malarkey' (see Word Facts January 30, 2015) is fairly old, having been created in the 1500's. The word is derived from the words 'hog' and 'wash', but the word has never connoted the washing of pigs. Rather, it refers to the scraps of food that would be fed to pigs.