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   garbage

   /ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse: North American "garbage littered the estate" Similar refusedomestic refusewastewaste materialdebrisdetrituslitterjunkscrapdiscarded matterfilthswillmuckdrossscrapsscouringsleftoversremainsslopsrubbishtrashmullockinformal:drekdreckgrotgashdebitagerare:draffraffleraffcultchorts
   • ▪ worthless or meaningless material or ideas; rubbish: North American "a store full of overpriced garbage" Similar nonsensebalderdashgibberishblarneyclaptrapguffblatherbletherrubbishinformal:hogwashbaloneytripedrivelgobbledygookbilgeboshbullbunkhot aireyewashpifflepoppycockphooeyhooeymalarkeytwaddledribblerotcobblerscodswallopcockstuff and nonsensetoshdouble Dutchflannelwafflehaversflapdoodleblatherswackbushwaapplesaucebellywashinformal, dated:bunkumtommyrotcodgammontoffeevulgar slang:shitbullshitcrapbollocksballscrapolabulldustOpposite sense
   • ▪ unwanted data in a computer's memory. North American

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘offal’): from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin.

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