Eurotrash
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Euro- + trash. Compare white trash.
Noun
[edit]Eurotrash (uncountable)
- Continental European entertainment that is of low quality, or is lowbrow.
- (chiefly US, derogatory) European expatriates or visitors to the United States lacking a work ethic and focused on entertainment or leisure.
- 2002 December 8, Julia Chaplin, “A New Eurofestation”, in New York Times[1]:
- Yes, those hard-partying jet-setters known to American wags as Eurotrash, who flocked to New York City by the Concordeload in the 1980's sporting black mock turtlenecks, leather pants and sometimes dubious aristocratic titles, are back on the town.