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trashola

trashola noun: trash; rubbish; anything worthless.

Noun

trashola (uncountable)

  1. (US, informal) Trash; rubbish; anything worthless.
    • Last week's hit single will fall prey to the newest English import; last month's cult film is this month's trashola; and the starlets that parade the covers of People usually fade before their four-color posters hit the remainder tables.1982 April 17, Michael Bronsky, “What Are These Men Really Selling and Whom Are They Trying to Fool”, in Gay Community News, page 6
    • […] trashola prose features regular dollops of sub-literate laziness (including non-words like "arousement" and "assertation").1986, Daniel G. Marowski, Contemporary Literary Criticism, page 382

Origin of trashola

From trash + -ola.

Questions about trashola

What does trashola mean?
Trashola means trash; rubbish; anything worthless.
What part of speech is trashola?
Trashola is a noun.

Words near trashola in the dictionary

  1. trashlines
  2. trashman
  3. trashmen
  4. trashmover
  5. trashmovers
  6. trashola
  7. trashpaper
  8. trashpapers
  9. trashpost
  10. trashposted
  11. trashposter

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