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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gubbish</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="grunge.html" title="grunge"/><link rel="next" href="Guido.html" title="Guido"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gubbish</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="grunge.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Guido.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gubbish"/><dt xmlns="" id="gubbish"><b>gubbish</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/guhb'@sh/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [a portmanteau of ‘garbage’ and ‘rubbish’;
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may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick] Garbage; crap; nonsense.
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“<span class="quote">What is all this gubbish?</span>” The opposite portmanteau
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‘rubbage’ is also reported; in fact, it was British slang
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during the 19th century and appears in Dickens.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="grunge.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Guido.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">grunge </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Guido</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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