trash panda

trash panda

English

A "trash panda"

Alternative forms

• dumpster panda
• garbage panda

Noun

trash panda (plural trash pandas)

1. (US, Canada, idiomatic, mildly humorous) A raccoon, especially one that forages in garbage cans.
   • 2016 April 30, Zach Dennis, "Florida man tries to feed ‘trash panda’ in epic fail," Palm Beach Post (retrieved 13 April 2018):

     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”.

   • 2017 July 14, Josh Rottenberg, "All the intel on Disney and Pixar's new slate of animated films," Los Angeles Times (retrieved 13 April 2018):

     [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.

   • 2018 April 12, Alanna Rizza, "It took this raccoon 30 seconds to break into a raccoon-proof green bin," The Star (Canada) (retrieved 13 April 2018):

     A video posted to Facebook on Saturday shows a trash panda breaking into a “raccoon-proof” green bin in less than 30 seconds.

Synonyms

• dumpster bandit, garbage bandit, trash bandit