The author may get further if they put love of communication over love of language.

"Rubbishing" is a worthless gerund. Is rubbish even a verb anywhere?

srean 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Allow me to rubbish your claim. It's a common use.

afandian an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"To rubbish" is a very common verb, at least in British English.

Is it transitive? As an American I know the word, but rubbish as a verb is utterly unfamiliar.

afandian an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Yes. "I rubbished his proposal", i.e. "I criticised his proposal".

(I can't imagine what an intransitive 'rubbish' would mean!)

	▲	oasisbob 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks, that makes the parallels with "trash" clear. I could have chosen a better example.

35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

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stonogo an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It's the UK equivalent of the US "trashing".