Meanings
- derogatorySouth CarolinaWest Ashley, viewed as trashy or full of litter.
What's Up, West Trashley?
Reese Moore, “What's Up, West Trashley?”, in Compost and Cava (blog), retrieved 21 Nov 20253 more examples
I have also heard that West Ashley is lacking and will always be. I have even heard it called "West Trashley".
2007 July 16, smithrep, “West Ashley Area”, in city-data.com, Advameg, Inc, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2011Piper said he thinks continuing to run the incinerator is just common sense. "Let's protect West Ashley from being called West Trashley," he said.
2009 March 24, Diane Knich, “West Ashley folks get 'trashy' postcard”, in The Post and Courier, Evening Post Publishing Company“I feel like there’s a lot of stereotypes,” says McKenna Ronchetto, a sophomore from West Ashley, “like West Trashley and that stereotypical Mount Pleasant kids with Sperrys and Vineyard Vines.”
2019 September 25, “Academic Animosity: Why Where You Live Fuels The Feud”, in The Talon (news), retrieved 21 Nov 2025
Origin
Blend of West Ashley + trash.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
West Trashley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Trashley
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