Garbages

/ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒɪz/ noun

Definition

Plural of garbage; multiple collections of waste material or refuse.

Etymology

Plural form of 'garbage' (waste), from Middle English 'garbagge', possibly from Old French 'garbage' (animal entrails), with uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps from Germanic roots.

Kelly Says

The word 'garbage' has an embarrassing secret—it originally meant the intestines and organs thrown away from butchering animals, so calling someone's ideas 'garbage' is literally calling them intestinal waste.

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