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  2. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    News: The word news has been claimed to be an acronym of the four cardinal directions (north, east, west, and south). However, old spellings of the word varied widely (e.g., newesse, newis, nevis, neus, newys, niewes, newis, nues, etc.). Additionally, an identical term exists in French, "les nouvelles", which translates as the plural of "the new".

  3. Hogwash - Wikipedia

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    Hogwash or hog wash may refer to: Pig swill , food for pigs in liquid or partly liquid form Slang for " nonsense ", communication that lacks any coherent meaning

  4. Fake news - Wikipedia

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    Though the term hasn't been around long, its meaning already is lost." [65] By late 2018, the term "fake news" had become verboten and U.S. journalists, including the Poynter Institute were asking for apologies and for product retirements from companies using the term. [66] [67] [68] In October 2018, the British government decided that the term ...

  5. Republican Louisiana House Budget Committee Chairman Jack McFalrand blasts agency heads after resistance to restore summer children's feeding program.

  6. Hotwash - Wikipedia

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    Hotwash is a term picked up in recent years by the Emergency Preparedness Community, likely as a result of Homeland Security and other government agencies' involvement in disaster planning. It serves as a form of after-disaster briefing for all parties involved to analyze what worked well, what needs improvement, what person or agency needs to ...

  7. Chuck Todd: When words lose meaning in politics

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    One person’s “extremist” is another person’s “passionate advocate,” and one person’s “radical” is simply another person’s brother in arms.

  8. Hoax - Wikipedia

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    The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is the writer Virginia Woolf.. A hoax (plural: hoaxes) is a widely publicised falsehood created to deceive its audience with false and often astonishing information, with the either malicious or humorous intent of causing shock and interest in as many people as possible.

  9. Swill - Wikipedia

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    Pig swill, hog swill, or hogwash is kitchen refuse used to feed pigs. [2]Historically, pig farmers arranged collection of swill, e.g. by means of swill bins.The grease was skimmed off the swill tanks and sold for further processing, while the remaining swill was processed into pig food.