Eurotrash (term)
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
- European exploitation cinema
- An pejorative term for Eurodance.
- The light adult TV show Eurotrash
- An American-originated slur referring to residents of Europe who display more extravagant conspicious consumption than Americans themselves, with an eye towards style and fashion. Also applied to European visitors to North America who are thought to make self aggrandizing claims of wealth, status, or nobility. Characteristics associated with Eurotrash include snootiness, overly extravagant dress and hair-styling, and frequent unfavorable comparisons between America and Europe.[1] [May 2007]
