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- Dictionarywhite trash/ˈ(h)wīt ˈtraSH/
noun
- 1. poor white people, especially those living in the southern US. informal, derogatory North American
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White trash is a derogatory term in American English for poor white people, especially in the rural areas of the southern United States. The label signifies a social class inside the white population and especially a degraded standard of living. It is used as a way to separate the "noble and hardworking" "good poor" from the lazy, "undisciplined, ungrateful and disgusting" "bad poor". The use of t... Wikipedia