[Ads-l] Antedating of "Talk Trash"

[Shapiro, Fred]

talk trash (OED, trash, 13.a., 1946)

1940 Pittsburgh Courier 2 Nov. 7/3 (ProQuest)  "Now I can talk trash to that chick on the Hill," Louie said.

1941 Cleveland Call and Post 26 July 10A (ProQuest)  You can visit every gym in the country and you'll find a bunch of punchy has beens hanging around talking trash, spieling about a comeback and trying to prove that they still have it by shadow boxing with the walls.

Fred Shapiro



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