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wish-wash

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wish-wash (wshwsh, -wôsh)
n. Informal
1. Speech or writing deemed banal or foolish.
2. A thin watery drink.
[Reduplication of wash.]
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Noun1.wish-wash - any thin watery drink
beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
2.wish-wash - nonsensical talk or writing
codswallop, folderol, trumpery, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash
drivel, garbage - a worthless message
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
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What they want is wish-wash and slush, and God knows they get it, but not from you.
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