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'''Trailer trash''' (or '''trailer park trash''') is a derogatory [[North American English]] term for [[poverty|poor people]] living in [[travel trailer| |
'''Trailer trash''' (or '''trailer park trash''') is a derogatory [[North American English]] term for a small percentage of [[poverty|poor people]] living in a [[travel trailer|trailer]] or a [[mobile home]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Spears|first1=Richard A.|title=McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions:|date=1 Oct 2005|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=0071461078|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/McGraw-Hills-Dictionary-American-Colloquial-Expressions/dp/0071461078|accessdate=24 February 2015|quote=the poorest of people who live in run-down house trailers in bad neighborhoods. (Used with singular or plural force. Rude and derogatory.) : She's just trailer trash. Probably doesn't even own shoes.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|accessdate=11 January 2013|quote=poor people living in trailer parks in the US}}</ref> It is particularly used to denigrate white people living in such circumstances<ref>{{cite web|title=Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon|publisher=Dictionary.com, LLC.|accessdate=11 January 2013|quote=a poor, lower-class white person, esp. one living in a mobile home with trash in the vicinity}}</ref> and can be considered to fall within the category of racial slurs.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Henderson|first=Anita|title=What's in a Slur?|journal=American Speech|date=Spring 2003|volume=78|issue=1|pages=52–74|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/as/summary/v078/78.1henderson.html|accessdate=11 January 2013|doi=10.1215/00031283-78-1-52}}</ref> |
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==Pejorative meaning== |
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The term is mostly used as a pejorative to imply poor hygiene, low-level language skills, limited education, slovenly or sexual style of dress and aggressive social behavior of some small percentage of people that live in trailers. It is not meant to imply that all people that live in trailers are trailer trash. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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{{portal|Sociology}} |
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*[[Eurotrash (term)]] |
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*[[Ghetto fabulous]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite book | last=Black | first=R. | title=Trailer Trash Cookin' | publisher=Hearts 'N Tummies Cookbook Company | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-57166-320-7 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=snTLPQAACAAJ}} |
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==External links== |
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{{Ethnic slurs}} |
{{Ethnic slurs}} |