Re: [YAEUT] Lexical variation survey

Herman Miller wrote:

> I can see that distinction -- "garbage" is what goes down the "garbage
> disposal", "trash" goes in the "trash can" (or "trash bin"). But the
> truck that picks it up is definitely a "garbage truck". "Junk" is also
> something useless to be thrown away, especially ads in the mail or
> useful things that have worn out. "Rubbish" on the other hand is just
> "nonsense".
Indeed garbage trucks are called that here too (where they collect the
rubbish); the people who operate them are generally called "garbos" or
"garbologists" in jest. ("Garbo", like "ambo", is a word that doesn't
really have an expanded form that I can think of.)

--
Tristan.

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