Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trash panda

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: trash -pan-da
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A raccoon, especially one that forages in garbage cans.

Canadian usage; American usage; Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"Braddock Baskett of the Orlando-area attempted to give some raccoons food. […] Maybe he should’ve taken his own warning before feeding the “trash panda”."
"[T]he family baby, Jack-Jack, sees a raccoon eating from the family’s garbage can while his father, Mr. Incredible, is sleeping, and uses his superpowers […] to do battle with the trash panda."
"A video posted to Facebook on Saturday shows a trash panda breaking into a “raccoon-proof” green bin in less than 30 seconds."

Etymology

From the likening of the black patches around a raccoon's eyes to similar markings on a giant panda, it being in the same superfamily as the red panda, and a reference to its tendency to forage for garbage in urban environments.

Usage

Inflected Forms

trash pandas (plural)

Synonyms

dumpster bandit dumpster panda garbage panda

Questions

What does trash panda mean?: A raccoon, especially one that forages in garbage cans.
Where does trash panda come from?: From the likening of the black patches around a raccoon's eyes to similar markings on a giant panda, it being in the same superfamily as the red panda, and a reference to its tendency to forage for garbage in urban environments.

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