Scum and Trash

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Scum

Scum noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.

Usage example: claimed that only scum lived in that part of town

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Trash is a synonym for scum in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Trash" instead a noun "Scum", when it comes to topics like rabble, despicable, over, garbage. popular alternative

Trash

Trash noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.

Usage example: snooty people who thought that we were trash because we were in the cleaning business

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Scum is a synonym for trash in garbage topic. You can use "Scum" instead a noun "Trash", if it concerns topics such as rabble, over, dregs, riffraff. popular alternative

Nearby Words: trashed, trashy, trashing

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How words are described

human	human scum	human trash
female	female scum	female trash
pure	pure scum	pure trash
complete	complete scum	complete trash
Other adjectives: utter, total, many, worthless, murderous, lowest, various, generic.

Both words in one sentence

Doesn't he know that outside, there are countless armies of scum and trash just waiting to kill and maim and rape the innocent-

Source: Shutting Up Now
In The Mondo TV version of The Trash Pack, as a way to give a gender balance to the main Trashies, Scum Gum, Scabby Cat, and Sour Snail were made female, as opposed to the male pronouns they were given in the toyline.

Source: She's a Man in Japan

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