gash

adj

Etymology: From ghastful, by association with gash.

1. ghastly; hideous

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From French gâcher (“to waste, to mess up”) or gâchis (“waste, a mess”), likely borrowed into English by ships' crews in the 19th century. Became increasingly vulgar by association with Etymology 1.

1. Rubbish, particularly on board a ship or aircraft.

   “[…] each man was on 'gash duty' about once in eighteen days.”

   “You will learn flight safety, aircraft duties, uniform, SEP, oxyCrew, gash cart, safety card, bar seals, life jacket, diagram, uplift, C209, plonky kit, Crew lounge!”

2. Nonsense.

   “I hope you don't mind, but instead of “a load of gash” in this paragraph, could we say, “completely without merit”?”

3. Something low quality.

   “This new one he's got for free off a friend (I think), but it's absolute gash. It's huge and doesn't fit in with the deco of the room, but because he's got it for nowt he's not arsed about that.”

   “When you load up the game, the first thing you notice is that it looks like complete and utter gash. Everything is made up of ugly blocks.”

4. Unused film or sound during film editing.
5. Poor-quality beer, usually watered down.

verb

Etymology: Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).

1. To make a deep, long cut; to slash.

   “My leg got gashed.”