cash is trash
A catchphrase for financial advice that recommends investing one's money instead of saving it (typically because the stock market is doing well). Cash is trash right now—you should definitely invest while the market is booming. If cash is trash, you're better off investing your money than putting it into a savings account. Buy some stocks with your cash right now, sonny, because cash is trash!
fandom trash
slang Someone who is fully aware of their extreme interest or excessive investment in fandoms. Despite the negative connotations of "trash," this term is typically a proud or self-deprecating identifier, in the manner of a reclaimed term. In case you forgot that I'm fandom trash, here, have some of my Supernatural slashfiction! Yes, I know I'm fandom trash. Marvel stuff just brings me joy, OK, leave me alone! A: "Wow, you moderate a forum on The Mandalorian?" B: "Yes, and I'm fully aware I'm fandom trash, OK?"
oil field trash
slang A typically blue-collar worker who is employed in the extraction or production of petroleum. (Can be considered pejorative, depending on the context and the intention of the speaker or author.) Sometimes simplified to "oil trash." The oil rigs are the only big employers around these parts, so 9 out of 10 people you meet are oil field trash like me. The businessmen who control the oil companies in this country don't give a rat's behind about us oil field trash who make the whole thing work.
oil trash
slang A typically blue-collar worker who is employed in the extraction or production of petroleum. (Can be considered pejorative, depending on the context and the intention of the speaker or author.) The oil rigs are the only big employers around these parts, so 9 out of 10 people you meet are oil trash like me. The businessmen who control the oil companies in this country don't give a rat's behind about us oil trash who make the whole thing work.
one man's trash is another man's treasure
proverb What one person may consider worthless could be highly prized or valued by someone else. A: "I really don't understand the appeal of Jackson Pollock paintings—they just look like splatters of paint to me!" B: "Eh, one man's trash is another man's treasure."
one person's trash is another person's treasure
proverb What one person may consider worthless could be highly prized or valued by someone else. A: "I really don't understand the appeal of Jackson Pollock paintings—they just look like splatters of paint to me!" B: "Eh, one person's trash is another person's treasure."
one woman's trash is another woman's treasure
proverb What one person may consider worthless could be highly prized or valued by someone else. A: "I really don't understand the appeal of Jackson Pollock paintings—they just look like splatters of paint to me!" B: "Eh, one woman's trash is another woman's treasure."
take out the trash
To carry garbage from one's house to a trash can or other receptacle outside. Can you please take out the trash? It's beginning to stink up the house.
talk trash
slang To make disparaging, insulting, or abusive comments (about a person, group, or thing). You know, you talk a lot of trash for someone who has yet to show us any moves. Of course those boxers started talking trash—it's a normal part of the pre-match press conference.
trailer (park) trash
derogatory slur A poor, uneducated, and unsophisticated person who lives in or was raised in a trailer park. Just because I come from a caravan park doesn't make me trailer trash. I'm working on my PhD at Harvard, for goodness' sake! I don't want my daughter going out with trailer park trash like him!
trash
1. slang To discard or throw away something. I've always regretted trashing my old collection of toys. A: "Do you still want these old newspapers?" B: "Nah, you can trash them."
2. slang To utterly or thoroughly dirty, damage, or destroy something or some place. Rioters trashed the homes and businesses in the area. Those people you brought to the party totally trashed our house.
3. slang To criticize, disparage, or lambaste someone or something very severely. Critics have so far trashed the movie, calling it vulgar and offensive. She has taken to trashing her opponents in speeches and interviews.
4. verb, slang To defeat an opponent decisively. The final score was 17–1? Wow, we really trashed that team!
5. noun, slang Someone who is regarded as worthless and insignificant. I grew up poor, so the rich people of this town definitely saw me as trash.
6. noun, slang Someone who is despicable, especially due to vile behavior. My ex is trash. What he did is completely unredeemable.
7. noun, slang Someone who is fully aware of their extreme interest and investment in fandoms and/or their tendency to become extremely interested and invested in fandoms. Despite the negative connotations of "trash," this usage is typically a proud or self-deprecating identifier, in the manner of a reclaimed term. Oh, I'd be more than happy to share my many MCU theories with you, like the trash I am. In case you forgot that I'm trash, why not read some of my recent slash fiction?
8. adjective, slang Stupid or inane, especially of something posted online. Despite the negative connotations of "trash," this usage is often positive or affectionate. Here, have some more trash memes I made—just what everyone wants!
trash bandit
slang A raccoon. Raccoons have a penchant for rooting through trash for food, and the coloring around their eyes is often likened to the stereotypical mask attributed to thieves and bandits. Our trash cans got knocked over again? Ugh, must be those darn trash bandits at it again. That's no cat—it's a trash bandit!
trash heap of history
A figurative location of irrelevance or obscurity doomed to be forgotten or ignored by humanity. These few ruins are all that remain of the once-proud civilization, now relegated to the trash heap of history. With our superior military might, we will eradicate this feeble rebellion and leave them atop the trash heap of history! The prime minister was singularly unremarkable, an effete leader who was quickly swept into the trash heap of history.
trash mouth
1. The use, or tendency to use, obscene, vulgar, or profane language. Sometimes hyphenated. You might think that sort of trash-mouth is acceptable when you're with your friends, but you can stow it while you're under our roof, got it? My dad used to swear a blue streak all the time when I was a kid, so I developed a bit of a trash mouth as a result.
2. A person who uses such obscene, vulgar, or profane language. Sometimes hyphenated. He's actually a very intelligent guy, but he's such a trash mouth that he's hard to take seriously. We can't have a trash-mouth like that running our presentations.
3. The use, or tendency to use, disparaging, insulting, or abusive language. Sometimes hyphenated. The boxer is renowned for having quite a trash-mouth whenever he's face-to-face with his opponents before a match.
4. A person who uses such disparaging, insulting, or abusive language. Sometimes hyphenated. These politicians always turn into such trash mouths during their election campaigns.
trash out
1. To speak in a severely critical, disparaging, or insulting way about someone or something. A noun or pronoun is used between "trash" and "out." You didn't have to trash out my idea like that during the meeting, Tom. The incumbent senator has been trashing her opponent out in the papers recently.
2. To dirty or pollute some area or space with trash or as if with trash; to make a real mess of some place. A noun or pronoun is used between "trash" and "out." People have been trashing out the park in our neighborhood recently. You can have some friends over while we're gone, but don't trash the house out!
trash panda
slang A raccoon. A panda and a raccoon both have black coloring around their eyes, and raccoons have a penchant for rooting through trash for food. Our trash cans got knocked over again? Ugh, must be those darn trash pandas at it again. That's no cat—it's a trash panda!
trash talk
1. noun Disparaging, insulting, or abusive speech aimed at a person, group, or thing. I think the trash talk between boxers before these big fights is just the dumbest thing in the world, but I know some people who love it.
2. verb To speak in such a manner (about someone or something). As a verb, the phrase is usually hyphenated. The senator trash-talked her opponent for most of the debate, all but avoiding the actual issues at hand.
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