Origin of Phrases - G
Hog wash
Meaning: An incorrect statement, nonsense.
Example: In typical fashion, the allegations of sexual harassment where dismissed as hog wash.
Origin: Pigs are not particularly clean animals. They live in their own feces, sleep in it, roll in it, and play in it.
Pigs don't sweat. To cool themselves they urinate to create mud then lay in it.
If one were to give a hog a bath what would be left when you were done (the "hog wash")would be water and feces.