Gubbish

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.
  


  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  gubbish
       
           /guhb'*sh/ (A portmanteau of "garbage" and "rubbish"
          which may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick)
          Garbage; crap; nonsense.  "What is all this gubbish?"  The
          opposite portmanteau "rubbage" is also reported.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-05-09)