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trashy

[trash-ee] / ˈtræʃ i /


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But this could be the perfect trashy romp for the end of summer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

"What a trashy advertisement. It's left me speechless," a user wrote on Weibo, China's X-like platform.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The fights were still good, even if White’s matchups started prioritizing personality conflicts over actual talent, and the theatrics had a trashy sort of appeal I could get behind.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2026

Rivers that wind through Los Angeles County have a trashy reputation.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Baz was smart and trying to be funny to cheer us up and said we shouldn’t worry and found some trashy paperbacks for us to read while we were hanging around all day.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

I mean, there were trashier books as well.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2023

That’s understandable—Thirteen Women is a trashy adaptation of an even trashier novel, which is an awfully thin hook to hang the entire concept of unrealized show business ambitions from—but it’s also a shame.

From Slate May 11, 2020

Sunday night’s VMAs — a night even trashier than the Golden Globes, of course —  would follow.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2017

“The Girl on the Train” is the trashier, paperback version.

From Washington Times Oct. 4, 2016

The trashier it gets, the better; I'm not interested in Kramer Vs Kramer or The People Vs Larry Flynt – no Oscars, thanks!

From The Guardian Aug. 12, 2011

Goldman Sachs pointed out in a recent report that a basket of heavily shorted stocks, often considered the trashiest of the trash, had surged 24% in just the past month.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

Murdoch made Povich a famous man by bankrolling one of the trashiest shows on TV.

From Salon Sep. 25, 2022

He appeared on “The Love Boat” TV series, which was the trashiest thing of the ’80s.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2022

He said his office received 3,000 phone calls “with many being the trashiest you can imagine” after a state party convention last weekend awarded all 34 delegates to Cruz.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2016

Of course much worthless literature, fiction of the trashiest, has been circulated in the same way—much more perhaps than of the better class.

From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson




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