English

gubbish

Blend of garbage + rubbish, coined by Philip K.

Frankish *garwijan ‘to make ready’

Old French garber ‘to refine, make neat or clean’

Middle English garbage ‘the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”,…’

Middle English robous ‘rubbish, building rubble’

The story

Blend of garbage + rubbish, coined by Philip K.

noun Anything worthless or incomprehensible; junk.

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