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Everything you own, minus whatever you still believe in.

means Waste matter to be discarded; refuse, trash, or anything of no further use or value.

from First meant the inedible bits of a butchered animal — entrails, giblets, the offal trimmed away — before widening to cover any kitchen waste and eventually all rubbish. Its deeper roots are murky; it may be related to Anglo-French words for entrails or sheaf-bindings, but no one can say for certain. What's clear is the trajectory: from the parts of a carcass no one wanted, to a word for anything no one wants.

original meaning
Animal innards sold by butchers, not trash
garbage in
Computing term 'GIGO' coined in the 1950s
NYC daily waste
Produces over 10,000 tons of trash daily
word cousin
Related to 'garble', originally meaning to sift
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