trailer trash
A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“People call them trailer trash just because they live in a mobile home.”
“The movie portrayed the family as trailer trash, with dirty clothes and broken-down cars in the yard.”
“The novel gently subverted the trope: its protagonist, dismissed by neighbors as trailer trash, possessed a library of rare books and a mind sharper than anyone in the county.”
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oil trash
An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.
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take out the trash
To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.
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talk trash
To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
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trailer park trash
Alternative form of trailer trash.
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white trash
A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.
Last updated August 10, 2026