Gubbish /guhb'*sh/ N. [a Portmanteau Of `garbage' And `rubbish'

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gubbish /guhb'*sh/ n.

[a portmanteau of `garbage' and
`rubbish'; may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick]
Garbage; crap; nonsense. "What is all this gubbish?" The
opposite portmanteau `rubbage' is also reported; in fact, it was
British slang during the 19th century and appears in Dickens.

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