hogwash

n : a ludicrously false statement [syn: {bullshit}, {bull}, {Irish

bull}, {horseshit}, {shit}, {crap}, {bunk}, {bunkum}, {buncombe},

{guff}, {rot}, {dogshit}]

dogwash

/dog'wosh/ (A quip in the "urgency" field of a very optional

software change request, ca. 1982. It was something like

"Urgency: Wash your dog first") A project of minimal priority,

undertaken as an escape from more serious work. Many games

and much {freeware} get written this way, including {this

dictionary}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-08)