street trash
Frequency: 3.50.7 per million words
offensive term for poor people
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Examples (10)
- He dismissed the homeless people as mere street trash.
- The derogatory label 'street trash' is often used to dehumanize the poor.
- Historically, impoverished individuals were cruelly branded as street trash.
- Being called street trash can inflict deep emotional wounds.
- The film depicted the harsh reality of those society often labels street trash.
- Activists campaigned against the use of offensive terms like 'street trash'.
- From his privileged viewpoint, anyone struggling on the streets was just street trash.
- Media sometimes perpetuates stereotypes by referring to marginalized groups as street trash.
- Such language, calling people street trash, only fuels social division.
- No human being, regardless of their circumstances, should ever be considered street trash.