[Ads-l] Antedating of "Trash Talk"

[Shapiro, Fred]

trash talk (OED 1981)

1978 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 6 Sept. 4d/3 (Newspapers.com)

[African-American football player Ray Berry speaking:]  It should be an interesting game.  All that time for trash talk will be over.  It'll be time to get out on the field.

Fred Shapiro



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