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Wiktionary:Requests for cleanup Aug 29th 2012, 18:51 ‎white trash: ← Older revision Revision as of 18:51, 29 August 2012 Line 3,852: Line 3,852:   : Isn't uncountable correct? Compare "this book is garbage; these books are garbage". No plural needed. [[User:Equinox|Equinox]] [[User_talk:Equinox|◑]] 15:37, 29 August 2012 (UTC)   : Isn't uncountable correct? Compare "this book is garbage; these books are garbage". No plural needed. [[User:Equinox|Equinox]] [[User_talk:Equinox|◑]] 15:37, 29 August 2012 (UTC)   ::Uncountable, inherited from {{term|trash}}. It is slightly odd when it is used as singular subject of a sentence: "This '''white trash''' can't pay for his own beer." So speakers have a mild tendency to eschew it there, I think. But, that is stylistics, I think. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 16:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)   ::Uncountable, inherited from {{term|trash}}. It is slightly odd when it is used as singular subject of a sentence: "This '''white trash''' can't pay for his own beer." So speakers have a mild tendency to eschew it there, I think. But, that is stylistics, I think. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 16:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)   +   + :::Alright, but what should the ''definition'' be? Currently, the definition is "White people of low social status". That works for "they are white trash" = "they are white people of low social status", but "he is just white trash" ≠ "''he is'' white people of low social status". [[User:-sche|- -sche]] [[User talk:-sche|(discuss)]] 18:51, 29 August 2012 (UTC)       == [[stimulus]] ==   == [[stimulus]] ==

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