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White trash

A poorly-educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status.

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noun
  1. 1

    A poorly-educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status.

    "These lowlife characters are white trash."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "White trash"

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poor white trashnoun(US, modern, derogatory, ethnic slur) A poor, uneducated white person or group of people of low social status.
poor whitean American novel by Sherwood Anderson, published in 1920.
mean whitenoun(US, obsolete, ethnic slur, used by black slaves) Synonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).
trashnoun(chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
whiteynoun(especially African-American Vernacular, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A white person, a person of Western European descent.
white breadnounBread made from white flour.
whiteassnoun(Canada, US, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person.
whitetrashistannoun(slang, derogatory, offensive or humorous) A region, or a notional country, inhabited by white trash.
whitienounAlternative form of whitey. [(especially African-American Vernacular, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A white person, a person of Western European descent.]
trailer trashnoun(US, idiomatic, slang, derogatory) A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.
trailer park trashnoun(US, idiomatic, derogatory) Alternative form of trailer trash. [(US, idiomatic, slang, derogatory) A poorly-educated, and usually white individual(s) of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.]
whiteskinnoun(chiefly ethnic slur) A white person.
crackernounA dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
whitynounAlternative spelling of whitey. [(especially African-American Vernacular, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A white person, a person of Western European descent.]
white negronoun(US, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Synonym of white nigger.
oil trashnoun(slang, idiomatic, sometimes pejorative, sometimes ethnic slur) An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.
paleassnoun(offensive, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) A contemptible white person.
shitwitnoun(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory or offensive) A very stupid person.
corn-crackernoun(US, archaic) An agricultural machine for cracking corn kernels.
wiggernoun(derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person, typically young and male, considered to be overly infatuated with African-American or (UK) Afro-Caribbean culture, a cultural appropriator.

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