Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trash heap of history

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: trash heap of his-to-ry
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.

Example Sentences

"As I talked with Billy, it suddenly hit me that I needed to do something—no matter how minor—to save these stories from the trash heap of history."
"My ONLY hero is Muhammad Mustafa SAW and whatever he gave us will prevail and every thing else that stands against it is doomed to be decimated and end up in the trash heap of history, as you put it."

Etymology

In a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist Augustine Birrell in 1887 (but in use before), popularized by Leon Trotsky in reference to the Mensheviks (1917).

Inflected Forms

the trash heap of history (canonical)

Synonyms

ash heap of history dust heap of history garbage heap of history ashcan of history dustbin of history landfill of history trash bin of history

Questions

What does trash heap of history mean?: A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
Where does trash heap of history come from?: In a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist Augustine Birrell in 1887 (but in use before), popularized by Leon Trotsky in reference to the Mensheviks (1917).

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