Eurotrash (term)

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Eurotrash is a derogatory term used in North America for certain Europeans, particularly those perceived to be arrogant, lower-class, and expatriates in the United States.[1]

Among the early printed uses of the term was in the early 1980s, when Taki Theodoracopulos, a wealthy Greek living in New York, wrote a newspaper column entitled "Eurotrash" in The East Side Express.[2]

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  1. ↑ "eurotrash". Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  2. ↑ Julia Chaplin (2002-12-08). "A New Eurofestation". The New York Times.


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