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Vinony

garbage

noun

  1. regions of the memory of a computer system which will not be used by the system
  2. disused items
  3. generally unwanted material disposed of by humans
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː.bɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/

adj

Etymology: From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

  1. bad, crap, shitty

    “Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”.”

    “half that shit you morons listen to with pride is totally garbage”

noun

Etymology: From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

  1. Food waste material of any kind.
  2. Foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter.
  3. Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

    “The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.”

  4. Specifically, waste material destined not to be reclaimed through recycling, composting, etc.

    “Compost goes in the brown bin and is picked up Monday, recycling goes in blue bags and is picked up Wednesday, and garbage goes in black bags and is picked up Thursday.”

    “Oh, don't put the empty milk jug in that bin—that one's for garbage.”

  5. A place or receptacle for waste material.

    “He threw the newspaper into the garbage.”

  6. Nonsense; gibberish.

    “This machine translation is garbage.”

  7. Something or someone worthless.

    “The dissenting Christian Advocate asked (5 January 1835) how a cabinet composed of the very garbage of Toryism could be expected to share the spirit of Peel’s manifesto.”

  8. The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
  9. An easy shot.

    “Yet, even without the three second rule, where your big man could camp underneath and take those delightful “garbage” shots, there was little or no pivot offense, no cutting off the bucket.”

    “[…] the aging pro, in a much-heralded "boys against the girls" tennis match, annihilated Margaret Court with an array of "garbage shots and cotton balls."”

  10. Allocated memory which is no longer in use but has not yet been deallocated.
  11. Data that are misinterpreted as another kind of data.

verb

Etymology: From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

  1. to eviscerate

    “I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.”