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noun

• a compliment given in exchange for a compliment. That is: person #1 has heard a compliment about person #2, but person #1 wants to hear a compliment about themselves before they'll tell person #2 the compliment they heard about them. Also called "last go trade".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Vol. IV, No. 2", The Regional Review, February 1940 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Aug 21 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 21 2013.

noun - plural

• lower class people who live in trailer parks.

  I don't want to go to the flea market, it's going to be full of trailer park trash.

  • See more words with the same meaning: poor, poor person, homeless person.

  Last edited on Mar 14 2013. Submitted by A.R. from TX, USA on Jan 30 2000.

noun - uncountable

• a low-class person who lives in a trailer park.

  Her boyfriend is trailer trash.

  • See more words with the same meaning: poor, poor person, homeless person.

  Last edited on Mar 14 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 14 2013.

notes

• The stereotype of a person who lives in a trailer park often includes poverty, low education, questionable financial priorities, many children, alcoholism, and frequent arguments.

  Last edited on Mar 14 2013. Submitted by A.R. from TX, USA on Jan 30 2000.

noun

• a derogatory term for people who are poor.
  • See more words with the same meaning: poor, poor person, homeless person.
  • See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.

  Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

origin

• From the stereotype that poor people (especially in the Midwestern United States) live in trailer-homes.

  Last edited on Jun 28 2011. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.