Thursday, June 5, 2008

British term of the day - Rubbish!

Here is your word definition of the day! ;) Enjoy!

Rubbish, n (and a.)
1. a. Waste or refuse material, in early use esp. such as results from the decay or repair of buildings; debris, litter, refuse; rejected and useless matter of any kind. Also, a heap of rubbish.

Rubbish, v. 1. trans. To disparage, criticize severely. Hence rubbished ppl. a.; rubbishing vbl. n.

Rubbisher, n. A person who criticizes, disparages, or ridicules.

Rubbishing, a. Paltry, worthless, rubbishy.

Rubbishly, a. Rubbishy, worthless.

Rubbishry Rubbish; a collection of rubbish.

Rubbishy, a. 1. Abounding in, covered with, rubbish or litter.

1 comment:

Cindy said...

Thanks for the definitions! You still say things all the time and I have no idea what they mean. You'd think I'd have figured out most of them by now. You do use the word rubbish a lot, LOVE IT!