May 15, 2003

gubbish

/guhb'@sh/ n.

[a portmanteau of ‘garbage’ and ‘rubbish’; may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick] Garbage; crap; nonsense. What is all this gubbish? The opposite portmanteau ‘rubbage’ is also reported; in fact, it was British slang during the 19th century and appears in Dickens.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:44 AM

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