TERM: eurotrash

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Paul Frank wrote:

> I'm looking for dating and ideally source of first use, but that may be
> asking too much. Nope, I'm not looking for an explanation of why people say
> eurotrash, eurofag, eurobrat, and the like -- though if you have one it might
> be interesting to hear it, especially sitting on this side of the brine :-)

The earliest occurrence of _Eurotrash_ on Nexis is from Time Magazine, 10
Jan. 1983.


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