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The author may get further if they put love of communication over love of language. "Rubbishing" is a worthless gerund. Is rubbish even a verb anywhere?

• afandian 3mo ago
  "To rubbish" is a very common verb, at least in British English.
  • oasisbob 3mo ago
    Is it transitive? As an American I know the word, but rubbish as a verb is utterly unfamiliar.
    • afandian 3mo ago
      Yes. "I rubbished his proposal", i.e. "I criticised his proposal". (I can't imagine what an intransitive 'rubbish' would mean!)
      • oasisbob 3mo ago
        Thanks, that makes the parallels with "trash" clear. I could have chosen a better example.
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• stonogo 3mo ago
  It's the UK equivalent of the US "trashing".
• srean 3mo ago
  https://64.media.tumblr.com/32cb3be24eb46c26ffcaea9bbebc1c62/tumblr_mtmtvjT8iA1swn6jmo1_1280.gifv https://64.media.tumblr.com/32cb3be24eb46c26ffcaea9bbebc1c62... Allow me to rubbish your claim. It's a common use.
• ckmate-king-2 3mo ago
  "v. [with obj.] Brit. informal criticize severely and reject as worthless: 'he has pointedly rubbished professional estimates of the development and running costs.'" New Oxford American Dictionary (2010).