trash-80

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Meaning · English

A TRS-80 microcomputer.

Register: derogatory, slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Radio Shack's "schlocky" image begins not with the name or the advertising or the "Trash-80" computers but at the store. I recently went to get some replacement pens for my TRS-80 PC-2 printer. The clerk asked, "What's a PC-2?" and "Why does it need pens?" With help like that, who needs competition?

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “trash-80” mean?

A TRS-80 microcomputer.

Is “trash-80” formal or informal?

trash-80 is generally derogatory, slang.