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WHITE TRASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white trash mean?
• WHITE TRASH (noun)
The noun WHITE TRASH has 1 sense:
1. (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
Familiarity information: WHITE TRASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
poor white trash; white trash
Hypernyms ("white trash" is a kind of...):
Caucasian; White; White person (a Caucasian)
have-not; poor person (a person with few or no possessions)
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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