or euphemistic expressions. Dysphemism may be motivated by fear, distaste, hatred, contempt, or humour. The word dysphemism was composed from the Greek...
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terms with negative connotations Category:Sex- and gender-related slurs Dysphemism Insult Lists of nicknames List of phrases using ethnic or place names...
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Stinking Old Ninth (category Dysphemisms)
Stinking Old Ninth (Chinese: 臭老九; pinyin: chòu lǎo jiǔ) is a Chinese dysphemism for intellectuals used at two major points, the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)...
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Mickey Mouse degrees (category Dysphemisms)
degrees or courses regarded as worthless or irrelevant. The term is a dysphemism, originating in the common usage of "Mickey Mouse" as a pejorative. It...
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popular among the veteran community who generally refer to it by the dysphemism "Shit On a Shingle" or "S.O.S." (when polite company and/or children are...
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California Dick Michigan, an unincorporated community Dick (slang), a dysphemism for the penis as well as a pejorative epithet Dick's Drive-In, a Seattle...
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Distinction without a difference Dog whistle (politics) Double entendre Dysphemism Emotive conjugation Expurgation (often called bowdlerization, after Thomas...
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Culinary name (section Humor and ethnic dysphemism)
capon'), a seafood salad Humorous exaltation often takes the form of a dysphemism disparaging particular groups or places. It has been observed that "Celtic...
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children) had special health care needs as of 2018. The term is seen as a dysphemism by many disability rights advocates and is deprecated by a number of style...
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Hard copy (section "Dead-tree" dysphemism)
In information handling, the U.S. Federal Standard 1037C (Glossary of Telecommunication Terms) defines a hard copy as a permanent reproduction, or copy...
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found in modern dictionaries. A large variety of other euphemisms and dysphemisms exist which describe masturbation. For a list of terms, see the entry...
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to the use of the word under any circumstances. Approbative Defamation Dysphemism Fighting words Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese Insult Judgmental...
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Look up scumbag in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scumbag can be: A dysphemism for a base, despicable person; also a term of vulgar abuse A condom, coarse...
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erect penis became less common. Nowadays, caralho is commonly used as a dysphemism and in erotism. The word is also used in the abbreviation form of "crl"...
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probably intended to be jocular. "Welsh" was probably used as a pejorative dysphemism, meaning "anything substandard or vulgar", and suggesting that "only people...
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up shitstorm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shitstorm is a vulgar dysphemism for a chaotic and unpleasant situation. The term may also refer to: Shitstorm...
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of apocalyptic literature believe this New Testament "Babylon" to be a dysphemism for the Roman Empire. Other scholars suggest that Babylon in the book...
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variation of the phrase that has since been used by the show's fans. A dysphemism, shut the front door, was used often by Stacy London of TLC's What Not...
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views was to see in the "abomination" a contemptuous deformation (or dysphemism) of the Phoenician deity Baal Shamin, the "Lord of Heaven"; Philo of Byblos...
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2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013. Allan K, Burridge K (1991). Euphemism & dysphemism: language used as shield and weapon. Oxford University Press. p. 192....
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City Greens, show on the Disney Channel "Birth control glasses", common dysphemism for GI glasses This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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wayward mother. This song uses the word "dick" in the first verse as dysphemism for a penis. Bush has stated that she does not typically use such harsh...
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notes References Bible beater, Bible basher North America Pentecostals A dysphemism for people who believe in the fundamentalist authority of the Bible, particularly...
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less of a pejorative and more publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill" or semantic drift known as melioration, wherein former pejoratives...
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subsequently reduces the price to $100 to make it seem like a good deal. Dysphemism A dysphemism is an expression with a negative connotation. It is the opposite...
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"Skunk Works" under Clarence "Kelly" Johnson used 'unobtainium' as a dysphemism for titanium. Titanium allowed a higher strength-to-weight ratio at the...
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Muffin top (category Dysphemisms)
A muffin top (also muffin-top) is a slang term typically used to describe a person's body fat that extends horizontally over the edges of the waistline...
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anarcho-syndicalists, who utilise the term wage slavery as a pejorative or dysphemism for wage labour. Socialists draw parallels between the trade of labour...
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hard copy (i.e. one made from "dead trees", which in this context is a dysphemism for paper). Free and open-source software portal Boyer–Moore string-search...
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a transformation of a word of one word class into another word class Dysphemism: intentionally using a word or phrase with a harsher tone over one with...
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