trashola

English

Etymology

From trash +‎ -ola.

Noun

trashola (uncountable)

1. (US, informal) Trash; rubbish; anything worthless.
   • 1982 April 17, Michael Bronsky, “What Are These Men Really Selling and Whom Are They Trying to Fool”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

     Last week's hit single will fall prey to the newest English import; last month's cult film is this month's trashola; and the starlets that parade the covers of People usually fade before their four-color posters hit the remainder tables.

   • 1986, Daniel G. Marowski, Contemporary Literary Criticism, page 382:

     […] trashola prose features regular dollops of sub-literate laziness (including non-words like "arousement" and "assertation").

   • 1989, Kansas Quarterly (volume 21, issues 1-2, page 163)

     […] trashola you think he is. He just happens to be incredibly exuberant.