Yiddish word meaning trash, rubbish, or something of poor quality; junk or garbage.
From Yiddish 'drek,' likely from Polish or other Slavic languages, meaning filth or feces. It entered English through American Yiddish speakers in the 20th century.
Yiddish words like 'drek' were brought to America by Jewish immigrants, and many stuck around in American English even among non-Yiddish speakers because they're so expressive—'drek' sounds and feels like junk in a way that English 'trash' doesn't quite.
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