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A visual pun from the combination of two emoji, 🗑️ (“trash, dumpster”) + 🔥 (“fire”). Popularised during the 2016 United States presidential election alongside the phrase dumpster fire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Trash fire, dumpster fire (a chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person). Full definition →
A visual pun from the combination of two emoji, 🗑️ (“trash, dumpster”) + 🔥 (“fire”). Popularised during the 2016 United States presidential election alongside the phrase dumpster fire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.