Trashfire
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Fire resulting from trash burning.
"Children have been burned by sparks from trashfires, open flames of stoves, unscreened fireplaces, contact with pilot lights of space heaters, or by sticking ' metal objects in wall sockets."
- 2 A dumpster fire; a disaster. figuratively
"Putting out the Twitter trashfire / Tonight I’m drinking and talking about ways Twitter could be less of a shitheap."
Example
More examples"Children have been burned by sparks from trashfires, open flames of stoves, unscreened fireplaces, contact with pilot lights of space heaters, or by sticking ' metal objects in wall sockets."
Etymology
From trash + fire.
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