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do you ever use the phrase "white trash"?

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yes, all the time! 160 84.66%
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do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

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headoverheels
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LB

do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

just curious if this phrase is used as much as i think it is.

Posted 4/22/08 9:31 AM
 

dm24angel
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Donna

Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Sometimes yes....Think " Brittany Spears"

Posted 4/22/08 9:32 AM
 

XFINALLYX
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

oh god Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 4/22/08 9:35 AM
 

HoneyBadger
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

I have.

I wouldn't say I use it often, but I have certainly used it before.

Posted 4/22/08 9:37 AM
 

tray831
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His Baby

Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Posted by Jennie0898

I have.

I wouldn't say I use it often, but I have certainly used it before.



Same here! Or I'll shorten it up and say WT instead.........Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 4/22/08 9:38 AM
 

CathyB

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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Posted by Jennie0898

I have.

I wouldn't say I use it often, but I have certainly used it before.



Same. Mainly to refer to my dad's second wife. Chat Icon

Message edited 4/22/2008 9:39:25 AM.

Posted 4/22/08 9:38 AM
 

JennZ
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

I have, and do say it. Not all the time, but I do say it.

Posted 4/22/08 9:39 AM
 

photoshopbabe
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linda

Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

yep...use it all the time!

WT is what i say LOL

Posted 4/22/08 9:39 AM
 

MrsRbk
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

I have.

Posted 4/22/08 9:40 AM
 

Lisa
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

I use it....Chat Icon

Posted 4/22/08 9:41 AM
 

leighla
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Ever? Yes.

Not all the time, but it's definitely in my repertoire.

Posted 4/22/08 9:42 AM
 

rojerono
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

No. Not really. I have an artillery of insults that I prefer to that particular one.Chat Icon

Posted 4/22/08 9:43 AM
 

leighdvm
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Yes, I have.

Posted 4/22/08 9:43 AM
 

Shelly
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

I don't like the term "white trash". To be honest, I always found it a little racist.

I know most people don't think about it, but if you have to qualify trash with a race, does that imply that all other people are automatically trash?

I do use the word trashy though.

Posted 4/22/08 9:43 AM
 

Jackie24
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Posted by JennZ

I have, and do say it. Not all the time, but I do say it.



ditto

Posted 4/22/08 9:45 AM
 

luckystars3
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

yea I have...

Posted 4/22/08 9:46 AM
 

greenfreak
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Posted by Shelly

I don't like the term "white trash". To be honest, I always found it a little racist.

I know most people don't think about it, but if you have to qualify trash with a race, does that imply that all other people are automatically trash?



Same for me. My old neighbors were just trashy people, the scurge of the block. I called them that, but only to my husband, who knows I am quite far from racist.

But I do curb using that term with others, for that reason. To me, it's just a term that ilicits an image of what they were - not a literal, racist term.

Posted 4/22/08 9:49 AM
 

TheWhiteRabbit
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

I use trashy, I don't think I have used 'white trash'

Message edited 4/22/2008 9:51:38 AM.

Posted 4/22/08 9:50 AM
 

CunningOne
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Sure. I've referred to people that way Chat Icon

Posted 4/22/08 9:52 AM
 

skew
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

not often but yes. however i use the universal term "trash or trashy".

Posted 4/22/08 9:53 AM
 

AimeeE2006
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Posted by Jennie0898

I have.

I wouldn't say I use it often, but I have certainly used it before.



me too.

Posted 4/22/08 9:55 AM
 

SuzyQ
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Posted by AimeeE2006

Posted by Jennie0898

I have.

I wouldn't say I use it often, but I have certainly used it before.



me too.



same here.

Posted 4/22/08 10:00 AM
 

Eireann
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Yes, but not necessarily to refer to a particular person--I use it more to refer to an item or a concept. For example...

I once drove to Home Depot for the express purpose of having dinner at the Nathan's there. So I called my sister on the way home and said, I've just done the most "white trash" thing...

That scenario has taken on a life of its own with the two of us. Now we call one another up to challenge the other to name the most "white trash" medication, for example. Tylenol=normal; HeadOn=white trash. (Apologies to fans of HeadOn! Chat Icon ) Other things...toothpaste, TV shows, cereal, etc. etc.

I realize this is 100% NOT funny to those reading it, but we're literally in tears doing it Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 4/22/08 10:02 AM
 

Emily
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

I live where the skys are blue but not in a trailer. Chat Icon

I use not pc terms amongst my friends but I would never say it to someones face.

Posted 4/22/08 10:05 AM
 

MamaMia
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Re: do you ever use the phrase "white trash" when referring to someone?

Yes, have you met my ex-husband? Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 4/22/08 10:08 AM
 
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