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oasisbobyesterday at 8:07 PM2 repliesview on HN

Is it transitive? As an American I know the word, but rubbish as a verb is utterly unfamiliar.


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afandianyesterday at 8:18 PM

Yes. "I rubbished his proposal", i.e. "I criticised his proposal".

(I can't imagine what an intransitive 'rubbish' would mean!)

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