gubbish

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

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 (8 July 2008)

gubbish

   <jargon> /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)

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