In British English, the most common word for "garbage" is rubbish, and the container is usually called a bin or dustbin, while "garbage" and "trash" are more typically American English terms, though they might be understood or used informally (especially "trash" for nonsense) due to American media influence.
Rubbish is a synonym for garbage or trash. The word is more commonly used by speakers of British English than by speakers of American English. The noun rubbish also means writing or speech that is worthless, untrue, or nonsense, especially in British English.
In the UK we don't say garbage. We say bin and rubbish.
In British English, they use the word "bin" to describe what Americans would call a "trash can" or "garbage can." In American English, "bin" usually refers to a plastic storage container.
In British slang, "bin" means a trash can/garbage can (noun) or to throw something away/discard it (verb), as in "chuck it in the bin" or "I'm binning this". It can also refer to a pocket (like a jacket pocket) or, less commonly, eyeglasses, often from rhyming slang with "binoculars," though "rubbish" or "dustbin/wheelie bin" are more standard for waste containers.
We call glasses 'bins' in London too.
A bin is a container that you put rubbish in. [mainly British] He screwed the paper small and chucked it in the bin. regional note: in AM, usually use garbage can, trash can. Synonyms: dustbin, bucket [Scottish], garbage can [US], wastepaper basket More Synonyms of bin.
Discover how British people express 'shut up' with unique slang terms like 'shut your Gob' and 'put a sock in it'.
Trash and garbage are used from time to time, but rubbish is more common. All trash bins are labeled with the word rubbish. Biscuit – “Oreos are my favorite biscuit.” As you can guess, biscuit means cookie. Oh and Oreos used to be my favorite biscuit, until I came across Tim Tams here in Aussie.
applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah- blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle ...
Everyone I've ever known round my way (Essex and East London) has called it the tip. We know what dump means, but it's always been the tip.
However, “pants” can also be used as an equivalent of the word "bad" e.g. "That's pants!" Yet another classic British slang term of insult.
In countries like the US and Canada it's referred to as a dumpster, which seems logical given the nature of its use. However, in the UK we call them skips.
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The origins of the bin lorry date back to 1897 when Chiswick District Council in the UK ordered the first self-propelled garbage trucks from the Thornycroft Steam Wagon and Carriage Company. These early vehicles, called “steam motor tip-cars,” were designed specifically for the collection of household waste.
Bugger. (Noun/verb/adjective) A mild profanity that's also one of the most versatile words in Australian English. Exclamation; “Bugger! I dropped some more avo on myself.”
Woop Woop is used to refer to a place in the middle of nowhere. People use it to signify that a location is far away, unfamiliar to them, and difficult to get to.
Sexual intercourse. Root. Sexual intercourse, similar to the British word 'Shag'. Can also be used as a verb.
Recycle - Clothing banks
Because even the holiest underwear will be sorted and separated for recycling or to be sold by weight to rag merchants. Next time you're visiting your local supermarket, why not take a bag of old clothes (including pre-loved underwear) to the clothes bank? It all goes to a good cause.
Many items seem recyclable but aren't, including soft plastics (chip bags, bread bags), soiled paper/cardboard (greasy pizza boxes, paper towels, tissues), small items (bottle caps, straws), ceramics/Pyrex, batteries, Styrofoam, nappies, and some mixed-material containers (coffee cups with plastic lining), as these contaminate loads or jam machinery, requiring special disposal.
In British slang, "bin" means a trash can/garbage can (noun) or to throw something away/discard it (verb), as in "chuck it in the bin" or "I'm binning this". It can also refer to a pocket (like a jacket pocket) or, less commonly, eyeglasses, often from rhyming slang with "binoculars," though "rubbish" or "dustbin/wheelie bin" are more standard for waste containers.