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▪ I. trash-talking, n. orig. and chiefly U.S. colloq. Brit. |ˈtraʃ ˌtɔːkɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈtræʃ ˌtɔkɪŋ|, |ˈtræʃ ˌtɑkɪŋ| [‹ trash n.1 + talking n. Compare later trash talk v.] = trash talk n.
1974J. Wideman in N.Y. Times 12 May 344/1 Their notions of..the central value of style in any activity, be it bad walking, trash talking or throwing a baseball, are formed. 1986Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Sept. b1 All week, Boz led the trash-talking on Norman, Okla. He and the Sooners were going to do this, and going to do that. 1999R. Gephardt Even Better Place 212 The once-sedate Sunday-morning public affairs shows have turned into trash-talking matches, where ideologues from left and right take turns shouting at, interrupting, and insulting one another. 2000Guardian 2 Nov. ii. 7/1 At no other time is the Englishness abandoned or evaded. When an opponent on the court deploys ‘trash-talking’ in an attempt to put him off, he replies: ‘You're boring me. You're only embarrassing yourself.’ ▪ II. trash-talking, a. orig. and chiefly U.S. colloq. Brit. |ˈtraʃ ˌtɔːkɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈtræʃ ˈtɔkɪŋ| [‹ trash n.1 + talking adj. Compare later trash talk v.] That trash-talks; inclined to bad-mouth or insult an opponent in an ostentatious or boastful manner.
1975N.Y. Times 28 Sept. 399/5 The Dolls..played defiantly crude rock 'n' roll and postured as trash-talking punks while wearing high heels. 1987Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. f4 Cut down on the fruit for the floats and the fluorescence for the lights, because all they have here in the Orange Bowl is grits-eating Arkansas and trash-talking Oklahoma. 2000A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 216, I loved those first interviews, laying eyes on..a motley crew of psychopathic grill men, alcoholic garde-mangermen, trash-talking chick sauciers. |