noun
General Slang
gash
· noun · military
Rubbish — or, weirdly, spare and free.
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Definitions
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Rubbish, waste, trash. The gash bucket on a ship is where the galley scraps and refuse go. By extension, anything worthless or to be thrown out.
“Chuck that in the gash, it's no use to anyone.”
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Spare, surplus, going free — the flip side. If kit's been written off as gash, it's up for grabs.
“There's a gash mattress in stores if you want it.”
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Adjective: poor quality, rubbish in a qualitative sense. Modern forces use.
“That was a gash brief — nobody knew what we were doing.”
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gash In A Sentence
Chuck that in the gash, it's no use to anyone.
There's a gash mattress in stores if you want it.
That was a gash brief — nobody knew what we were doing.
Origin & Usage
Royal Navy slang of uncertain origin, spread to all services. 'Gash bin' for the rubbish bin is still standard on ships. The 'spare' sense likely evolved because anything thrown in the gash was up for grabs.
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