trashy
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But this could be the perfect trashy romp for the end of summer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The fights were still good, even if White’s matchups started prioritizing personality conflicts over actual talent, and the theatrics had a trashy sort of appeal I could get behind.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
A disco ball, aka “myriad reflector,” can turn any trashy hellhole into a party space, especially if you don’t look too closely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The song that'll take them over the top is a trashy pop earworm called Internet Girl.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
“I’d rather have a yard filled with genuine garbage than with trashy lawn ornaments.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
In early January, when prestige holiday fare tends to give way to trashier pleasures, a good monster and a sense of humor can be enough.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
The show needed something simultaneously higher-minded and trashier: deeper emotional insight brought about by a seething crucible of plot.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019
“The Golden Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton. Bit louder, bit trashier, bit drunker, and more easily bought.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2018
Sunday night’s VMAs — a night even trashier than the Golden Globes, of course — would follow.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2017
“The Girl on the Train” is the trashier, paperback version.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2016
Goldman Sachs pointed out in a recent report that a basket of heavily shorted stocks, often considered the trashiest of the trash, had surged 24% in just the past month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Murdoch made Povich a famous man by bankrolling one of the trashiest shows on TV.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
He appeared on “The Love Boat” TV series, which was the trashiest thing of the ’80s.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
Nearly everything on television is a guilty pleasure, a concept useful to viewers who need to explain away their addictions to certain shows, especially the trashiest stuff.
From Washington Post
They received the best and most judicious instruction during school-hours, and devoured the trashiest novels during recess.
From Tales of the Argonauts by Bret Harte
