Trashfire

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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