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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Trash fire, dumpster fire (a chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Qualifier: now generally uncommon
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
