Innards vs Rubbish - What's the difference?
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The internal organs]] of a human or animal; especially viscera, [[intestine, intestines.
The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.
(chiefly, AU, NZ, British, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
(colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
Nonsense.
Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
* Dryden
To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.
As nouns the difference between innards and rubbish
is that innards is plural of lang=en while rubbish is garbage, junk, refuse, waste.As an adjective rubbish is
exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.As an interjection rubbish is
expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.As a verb rubbish is
to denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.innards
English
Noun
(head) (p)- He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards .
Usage notes
* This word is most frequently used in the plural/collective sense, as above. English pluralia tantumrubbish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.
Interjection
- The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson.
- Aw, rubbish ! Though at least this means you have time to play football...
- Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
Synonyms
* (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense) nonsense, bullshit, bollocksNoun
(wikipedia rubbish) (-)- The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
- Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish . How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?
- He saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.
