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Discover LudwigThe use of the phrase "white trash" is considered offensive and generally unacceptable in formal written English.
It is mainly used as an insult. Example: "The school bully called me white trash and I was so embarrassed!".
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white trash
noun
A poorly-educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status.
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White trash?
Poor white trash.
"Poor white trash and African-Americans.
They love that white trash...
Last year, she had a "white trash" theme.
"You hear it all: 'You're white trash.
I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash.
(It might be white trash, but it's ours).
But a major category is absent: white trash.
And she was seen as poor white trash".
"Mama, Shirley says I'm white trash," she recalls complaining.
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