white trash
noun
Meaning
- A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.
Etymology / origin
A shortening, first attested in 1850, of poor white trash, which black slaves in the Southern United States were said to call white individuals who worked in servile positions (for example, as butlers).
Related words
Descendant words
- ホワイトトラッシュ(Japanese) (bor)
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