And what, pray tell, does a person who doesn’t know the meaning of the word literal look like?
“Trailer trash” is an idiom. @Balthisar literally lived the idiom.
That that understanding seems to be beyond some folks is… disturbing as Darth Vader so memorably had it.
Trailer Trash- poor white people, dress in dirty clothes. Have dirty nails and hair. Sometimes they smoke, have nasty mouths and attitudes.
Occasionally they wear MAGA hats and have little nasty dogs in their beater car that’s full of fast food containers. Their kids are often whiny, have runny noses and barefoot only in a diaper.
And they might live in a trailer park in a beat up trailer where the yard needs mowing. Beer cans allover. Broke down cars parked around. Possibly a snarly dog on a short leash chained to cinder block.
Perhaps an eviction notice taped to the door.
They hang out in Walmart for free air conditioning and TV viewing cause the electric is cut off at home.
They will eff you up if you mess with them.
(Pretty much my own prejudice, I know)
I don’t believe they don’t care how they look, or that they don’t know any better. I think a large proportion of the Walmart People get dressed in the morning, look in the mirror, shoot finger pistols and say, "You look gooood!
There’s a distinction here.
There are people who costume up because they’re weird and like to go about like that. To get pointed at, photographed for whatever reason.
There are people who are clueless and don’t understand how to be out in the world.
The folks that don’t care, my life, my clothes, don’t look if you don’t like it.
And just the gross people.
I feel sorry for the pets people drag to Walmart just to get noticed. It’s sad.
You forgot the hair-trigger anger at anybody making a joke.
Prone to call people stupid idiots. That sort of thing.
I pick up my middle school child each day and each day a significant number of girls in pajamas stroll past my car as I’m parked in the line. I don’t give a shit if they’re wearing pajamas but I do notice it and assume it’s primarily a fashion thing since it’s a particular look/style of pajamas and it’s only the ladies doing it. I wouldn’t be surprised to discover that half of them are of some select brand that you need to wear to pull it off, otherwise you might as well be carrying a knock-off Stanley cup and sit alone at lunch.
I never found pajamas to be great exterior clothing, especially not when it’s -5F outside and the ground is covered in semi-frozen salt slush but I have an old man’s perspective on fashion.
Speaking of, I’m always a little baffled when people speak of the need for extreme comfort when out and about. Provided I’m wearing clothing that fits (i.e. isn’t cutting into my waist or tight like a sausage casing), I’d never felt burdened or uncomfortable in jeans, slacks – even a properly fitted suit is fine. I spent a few hours at the airport over the holidays and “I’m wearing jeans” never entered my list of complaints. Obviously if you have a sensory condition or something it’s different but some regular ole cotton-based garments shouldn’t have people feeling like they’re mourning dressed in a haircloth sack.
Yes, there’s a branding thing with the teen set.
My girls school never allowed logo’d clothing of a certain size. As in, Nike T-shirt with the Nike swoosh on the pocket would be fine. But, a giant NIKE running down your jogger leg was right out.
The special look of Yoga pants with PINK on the butt was out.
Any picture except the school Mascot on game days was out.
In fact any yoga pant or leggings was out.
They got around that by wearing super tight stretchy jeans. As long as they had the five pocket thing, it was fine.
So, in their school it all morphed into for comfort wear being flannel baggy PJ type pants. It became a trend.
And boy, do they manufacture some startling prints.
Alas. It all started with plaid.
Of course I don’t know what they’re wearing in high school now. I’m sure I’d be surprised.
I look around the Walmart, at folks, and just feel sad.
Yesterday afternoon I noticed a group of boys walking down the sidewalk a block from the high school because one of them was wearing pajama pants. Things got really relaxed here even pre-covid, and now it’s just ordinary. I rarely see adults doing it anymore, though, just kids/teens.
Flannel PJs are a lot warmer against the skin than most slacks or jeans. But it doesn’t get much below 40F most of the time here.
You mean like a Calder cup or a Vince Lombardi trophy?
I know it’s a brand but that’s what I think of every time I hear Stanley Cup.