"trough" means: Any similarly shaped container.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
trough
Any similarly shaped container.
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BlueskyMay 2026
I've been feeling super weird for a few days now. Cranky, sweaty, overstimulated and suddenly all my fav foods & interests are unappealing... Am I going trough puberty again?????
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BlueskyMay 2026
Calling doesn't do any good. My Senators are McCormick and Fetterman and they are busy at the trough of govt, getting what they can while they can. We are an afterthought
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BlueskyMay 2026
[2/4] By Thursday 7th, the ensemble mean recovers toward 0C, then climbs steadily. Friday 8th sits near 3C, Saturday 9th near 5-6C. The warming trend from mid-week onward is consistent across members, even if the cold…
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BlueskyMay 2026
[3/4] Latest run is around 1C colder at the trough than the previous, but within normal run-to-run noise. Beyond Sunday 10th, spread balloons to 8.7C — confidence in the extent of the warm recovery is low at that range.
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BlueskyMay 2026
[3/4] Run-to-run trend: coldest point has shifted 0.9C colder since yesterday. Not a large move, but consistent direction. Watch for further consolidation in coming runs before reading too much into the Monday trough.
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Australia
#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
Any similarly shaped container.
For parents
"trough" means: Any similarly shaped container.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
For ESL learners
"trough" means: Any similarly shaped container.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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“Trump and his piglets continue to slurp from the public trough. Monetization and corruption of the American presidency on a scale not just unprecedented but unimagined.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“One of life's small pleasures is scraping tuna out of that smooth trough that runs the edge of the can with a fork.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think people need to understand that there are groups that FOLLOW a path but sometimes a group IS BLESSED and those groups are the ones who are ussualy made Emanators. The Generals are one because they dont just follow the path but are chosen trough a process given by Lan.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Who would voluntarily board a cruise ship? Floating hostage among buffet eating pigs trough, over indulged olds with free drinks bad manners…. NOPE. Not a vacation IMO”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Might as well put this Frunsa guy trough the wringer (wringer meaning various tentacles). #furrynsfw #furryart”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS
A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.
Origin: From , from , trog, from , from , *trugaz, from , enlargement of tree. See also , , , , ; also , . More at tree. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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“I've been feeling super weird for a few days now. Cranky, sweaty, overstimulated and suddenly all my fav foods & interests are unappealing... Am I going trough puberty again?????”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Calling doesn't do any good. My Senators are McCormick and Fetterman and they are busy at the trough of govt, getting what they can while they can. We are an afterthought”
— Bluesky· May 2026“[2/4] By Thursday 7th, the ensemble mean recovers toward 0C, then climbs steadily. Friday 8th sits near 3C, Saturday 9th near 5-6C. The warming trend from mid-week onward is consistent across members, even if the cold trough timing varies.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“[3/4] Latest run is around 1C colder at the trough than the previous, but within normal run-to-run noise. Beyond Sunday 10th, spread balloons to 8.7C — confidence in the extent of the warm recovery is low at that range.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“[3/4] Run-to-run trend: coldest point has shifted 0.9C colder since yesterday. Not a large move, but consistent direction. Watch for further consolidation in coming runs before reading too much into the Monday trough.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS
A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.
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Why is this section here?
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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