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  • noun Alternative spelling of train wreck.

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Examples

  • She just doesn’t qualify for the term trainwreck, in my opinion.

    50 Girls, 50 States: Jenna Jameson (Nevada) 2008

  • The same backroom dealings, lies and political gamesmanship, (Think The Weasel), that highlighted that trainwreck is not going to deliver anything close to comprehensive healthcare reform.

    Alright. This one’s ours. Again. « Dating Jesus 2009

  • People are buying hoping to read yet another trainwreck from the mouth/hand of this person.

    Palin reaches the 1 million mark 2009

  • The girl whose voice is about as pleasant as a multi-line trainwreck, which is the reason she hides behind the Internet and writes rather than hosts a talkshow like an annoying evoo-spewing food person we might possibly yum-o know?

    "First Look" - At Charcoal (and at Sarah) 2007

  • The same thing has pretty much happened with Sunrise, whereby pretty much everything they make these days is automatically classified as a trainwreck immediately.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2009

  • Ill patrolman to it right now: yes, as a born as well as bred Long Islander, we am examination a trainwreck which is Jersey Shore with a multiple of horror, entertainment as well as a decent sized dash of there though for a grace of God go I.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • Ill patrolman to it right now: yes, as a born as well as bred Long Islander, we am examination a trainwreck which is Jersey Shore with a multiple of horror, entertainment as well as a decent sized dash of there though for a grace of God go I.

    Clip: Snookie gets punched and MTV doesn't want you to see it admin 2009

  • Scarborough references Thiessen's battle with O'Donnell as a ratings-garnering "trainwreck" that he "loves," and sets up this segment as some stupid, entirely trivial battle, complete with boxing bells.

    Thiessen Appears On 'Morning Joe', Is Still Demonstrably Wrong About Everything 2010

  • Scarborough references Thiessen's battle with O'Donnell as a ratings-garnering "trainwreck" that he "loves," and sets up this segment as some stupid, entirely trivial battle, complete with boxing bells.

    Thiessen Appears On 'Morning Joe', Is Still Demonstrably Wrong About Everything 2010

  • This album had all the earmarks of a musical trainwreck which is of course why I bought it.....

    Archive 2010-05-01 baikinange 2010

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