Semiotic notes on litter in folk ideas and rituals of the Slavs*
Print Anna Kushkova Rubbish, druzga, smear, obsessiveness, bastard, izmet - these are just a few of the names of rubbish among the Slavs [1] . It would seem that the negative linguistic connotation is beyond doubt: rubbish is all waste, dirty, worthless, something that you have to constantly get rid of [2] . The basis of these names is the practical, “material” understanding of litter, and in this sense, defining it as “dirt and filth” is apparently justified.