[oasisbob]

The author may get further if they put love of communication over love of language.

"Rubbishing" is a worthless gerund. Is rubbish even a verb anywhere?

[ckmate-king-2]

"v. [with obj.] Brit. informal criticize severely and reject as worthless: 'he has pointedly rubbished professional estimates of the development and running costs.'" New Oxford American Dictionary (2010).

[stonogo]

It's the UK equivalent of the US "trashing".

[srean]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/32cb3be24eb46c26ffcaea9bbebc1c62...

Allow me to rubbish your claim. It's a common use.

[afandian]

"To rubbish" is a very common verb, at least in British English.

[oasisbob]

Is it transitive? As an American I know the word, but rubbish as a verb is utterly unfamiliar.

[afandian]

Yes. "I rubbished his proposal", i.e. "I criticised his proposal".

(I can't imagine what an intransitive 'rubbish' would mean!)

[oasisbob]

Thanks, that makes the parallels with "trash" clear. I could have chosen a better example.