| ▲ | afandian an hour ago |
| "To rubbish" is a very common verb, at least in British English. |
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| ▲ | oasisbob an hour ago | parent [-] |
| Is it transitive? As an American I know the word, but rubbish as a verb is utterly unfamiliar. |
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| ▲ | 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 40 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Thanks, that makes the parallels with "trash" clear. I could have chosen a better example. |
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| ▲ | 32 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | [deleted] |
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