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white trash

–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
1. a member of the class of poor whites, esp. in the southern U.S.
2. poor whites collectively.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism
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white trash  
n.   Offensive Slang
  1. Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person or poor white people.

  2. Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people perceived as being lazy and ignorant.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Computing Dictionary

white trash abuse, hardware
A pejorative term for Intel-based microcomputers, used by NeXT users at UK law firm Linklaters & Paines to contrast these machines with their black NeXT boxes.
(1996-09-04)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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