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Word: hogwash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Washington, FTC's Kintner, 47, patiently puffed his pipe, proudly showed off the favorable mail that came in after the ad. (Sample: "Hogwash. Thanks, Mr. Kintner-Glenn Lewis. Average American. Elkin, N.C.") In Manhattan, other ad agency bosses gagged on their Gibsons, labeled the ad "a phony." Snapped one: "A deplorable exhibition of advertising sophistry at its worst. The public will say, 'That's the way Madison Avenue reacts to criticism-they're thieves and crooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Bates's Bait | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

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