throwing something away as garbage, or destroying and damaging something severely.
From the noun 'trash,' which may come from Old Norse 'tros,' meaning 'rubbish,' though the exact origin is uncertain. The '-ing' suffix converts it to a present participle.
The word 'trash' became popular in the 1500s to describe waste and garbage, but its Norse roots connect it to scattering and breaking apart! Today 'trashing' someone's reputation on social media uses the exact same destructive metaphor.
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