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n. - The study of a society by analyzing its trash.

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  • I wonder what would garbology revael if our backyard was the subject of study.
  • I truly hope that his doctorate in garbology works out for him.
  • "It's called garbology," Northern professor Dave Grettler said.
  • LAMB: You build a whole chapter around Valentine and Bill, and we haven't got enough time to go into it, but basically, the message I got was that Bill was a janitor and he...
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