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I was thinking what things could be described with [草 (3) not genuine;
substandard;)](http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-
bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1MUE%E8%8D%89)

Can we describe someone who is a ゴミ as 草? Like say:

アイツはどうおもう？ くさだ！

Or is the "substandard" meaning of 草 already "phased out" ?

Also, is the usage of うるさい to mean "fussy" archaic / "phased out"?

Like let's say I say メシにうるさくするんな！

Does it simply sound weird (like i'm some old grandpa)?
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are the usage of うるさい to mean "fussy" and the usage of 草 to mean "substandard" archaic?
The title and the body seem to ask two different questions, but I'll answer
them both.

「うるさい」 as 'fussy' is not at all archaic. 彼はラーメンにうるさいからいい店を知っている。

On the other hand, in all my years of speaking with Japanese friends and
family, I have never heard of using 草 as a derogative.
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As for 草, as a **prefix** it means "informal". I suppose that meaning can
overlap with "substandard" but it's not taken to be derogatory.

My dictionary (旺文社国語辞典) gives these examples: 草競馬、草野球、草芝居、草相撲
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