Wiktionary pejorative derisive derogatory dyslogistic Pejoratives ref http dictionary.reference.com browse pejorativePejorative on Dictionary.com ref or terms of abuse are words or grammatical forms that connote negativity and express contempt or distaste. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually be adopted in a non pejorative sense. In historical linguistics , this phenomenon is known as melioration , or amelioration , or semantic change e.g., punk subculture punk . Within some social groups, a particular term is still regarded as being a pejorative, whereas the term is not deemed as such within another social group elsewhere e.g., Hacker term hacker . See also Approbative , or positive affect Ethnic slur Fighting words Profanity References Reflist Further reading Henderson, Anita. What s in a Slur? American Speech, Volume 78, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 52 74 in Project MUSE Category Bullying Category Discrimination Category Pejoratives ling stub sociology stub cs Pejorativum da Pejorativ de Pejorativ es Peyorativo fr P joratif hr Pejorativ id Peyoratif he hu Pejorat v jelz nl Pejoratief no Pejorativ ro Peiorativ ru simple Pejorative sk Pejorat vum sr sh Pejorativ zh ... more details
The word brigade , originally used to describe a military unit, can also be used as a pejorative collective noun to describe an informal group of like minded individuals with views with which the speaker disagrees. It is used as a mild term of disapproval or contempt, or in an attempt to belittle and ridicule the subject. For example, PC brigade is used to describe a supposed group of people who go around enforcing ridiculously political correctness politically correct rules. ref http 5cc.blogspot.com 2007 06 brilliance of construct of pc brigade.html The brilliance of the construct of the PC Brigade ref Green welly brigade refers in a deprecating way to well heeled people who find their recreation in the countryside. ref http www.urbandictionary.com define.php?term Green 20Welly 20Brigade Urban Dictionary Green Welly Brigade ref Similarly, blue rinse brigade , morality brigade, NIMBY brigade. ref http www.buzzle.com editorials 8 14 2002 24455.asp Suburban battle lines ref The term may have had its origins in The Angry Brigade , a British anarchist group of the early 1970s. References reflist See also Blue rinse brigade Prawn sandwich brigade Category Pejorative terms for people language stub ... more details
Schmuck is most often used in American English as a pejorative or insult, meaning an obnoxious, contemptible person one who is stupid, foolish, or detestable. The word is also used by many Jewish people across Europe with similar pejorative meanings. Variants of spelling and alterations include shmuck , schmo , and shmo . The word is also euphemized as schmoe , which was the source of Al Capp s cartoon strip creature the shmoo . ref name word http dictionary.reference.com browse schmuck Schmuck . dictionary.com . Retrieved 17 Jan 2011. ref Schmuck entered English as a borrowed pejorative from a common Yiddish language Yiddish insult. The Online Etymology Dictionary defines it as contemptible person, 1892, from E. Yiddish shmok, lit. penis, from Old Pol. pl smok smok , grass snake, dragon. ref http www.etymonline.com index.php?term schmuck Online Etymology Dictionary schmuck . Retrieved 17 Jan 2011. ref In Jewish homes, the word was regarded as so vulgar as to be taboo ref Rosten, Leo. The New Joys of Yiddish. Crown Publishers, New York, 2001. pgs. 78, 162. ISBN 0609607855 ref and Lenny Bruce wrote that saying it on stage got him arrested on the West Coast by a Yiddish undercover agent who had been placed in the club several nights running to determine if my use of Yiddish terms was a cover for profanity . The German language German word de Schmuck Schmuck is unrelated and means jewelry, adornments ref http dict.leo.org ende?lang de&lp ende&search schmuck Leo Online German English Dictionary. Retrieved 13 Mar 2010. ref . In German the pejorative smuck would be de Schmock Schmock , closer to the original Yiddish word. The German word Schmock is also defined elsewhere as a hack, an opportunist who writes for commercial gain as opposed to a professional journalist. ref http dict.leo.org ende?lp ende&search schmock Leo Online German English Dictionary. Retrieved 2 Jan 2010 ... words and phrases Category Pejorative terms for people de Schmock fr Schmock ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 A pejorative suffix is a suffix that attaches a negative meaning to the word or word stem preceding it. There is frequent overlap between this and the diminutive form. The pejorative suffix may add the sense of a despicable example of the preceding, as in Spanish ejo see below . It can also convey the sense of a despicable human having the preceding characteristic for instance, as in English el see below or the development of the word cuckold from Old French cocu cuckoo ald , taken into Anglo Saxon as cokewald and thus to the modern English word. Examples of the pejorative suffix Basque language Basque txo ref http www.amazon.ca Basque History World Mark Kurlansky dp 0676973663 Amazon.ca The Basque History of the World Books Mark Kurlansky Bot generated title ref Catalan language Catalan alla alles Suffixed to nouns gives new nouns. Examples gentalla from gent people . It s also used as a collective group suffix. arro arros fem. arra arres Suffixed to nouns gives new nouns. Example veuarra from veu voice . It s also used as an augmentative suffix. astre astres fem. astra astres Suffixed to nouns gives new nouns. Example poetastra from poeta poet . This suffix has also the meaning indirect relation with . ot ots fem. ota otes Suffixed to nouns gives new nouns. Example sabatot from sabata shoe . Suffixed to adjectives gives new adjectives. Example lletjot from lleig ugly . As a suffix it also means object , giving a lexicalized word. English language English ar, e.g. beggar ard, e.g. bastard from Old French bast pack saddle , i.e. child born in a pack saddle coward , drunkard . aster, e.g. poetaster , philosophaster via Latin el, e.g. wastrel from waste , i.e. a wasteful person pej. ista e.g. fashionista sometimes used as a more playful pejorative than others, likely a play on fascista which is Italian for fascist less likely taken from Sandinista nik, e.g. peacenik , neatnik via Yiddish or Russian, where it is not necessarily pejorative ... more details
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Cracker , sometimes white cracker , is a pejorative term for poor white people . ref http www.merriam webster.com dictionary cracker Definition from the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary ref It is especially used for the white inhabitants of the U.S. state s of Georgia U.S. state Georgia and Florida Georgia crackers and Florida crackers , but it is also used throughout the Southern United States and more widely in North America . Etymology One theory holds that the term comes from the common diet of poor whites. According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica , it is a term of contempt for the poor or mean whites, particularly of the U.S. states of Georgia U.S. state Georgia and Florida see Georgia cracker and Florida cracker . Britannica notes that the term dates back to the American Revolution , and is derived from the Cornmeal cracked corn which formed their staple food. ref cite web url http www.1911encyclopedia.org Cracker title Cracker LoveToKnow 1911 publisher 1911encyclopedia.org date 2006 08 25 accessdate 2010 11 01 ref In British English mean is also a term for tightfistedness, ref cite web url http dictionary.cambridge.org define.asp?key 49488&dict CALD title Definition of mean adjective NOT GENEROUS from Cambridge Dictionary Online Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus publisher Dictionary.cambridge.org date accessdate 2010 11 01 ref although in this context that is irrelevant as mean also refers to being ignoble or inferior ref cite web url http www.thefreedictionary.com mean title mean definition of mean by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia publisher Thefreedictionary.com date accessdate 2010 11 01 ref . Yet another theory Citation needed date July 2010 is that the term derives from an Elizabethan word used to describe braggarts. The original root of this is the Middle English word Crack slang crack meaning entertaining conversation ... cracker.htm Etymology of cracker by Professor Kim Pearson DEFAULTSORT Cracker Pejorative Category Pejorative ... more details
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wiktionary Schmuck schmuck Schmuck may refer to Schmuck pejorative , a common pejorative of Yiddish origin Schmuck surname , a surname of German origin Schmuck Dudley , stage name of American wrestler Jeff Roth Dinner for Schmucks , a 2010 film disambig ... more details
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Rugrats may refer to the following Rugrats , an American animated television series that ran for 12 years Rugrat, a pejorative term for a toddler disambig ... more details
Hollyweird may refer to Hollyweird , an album by the band Poison Live in Hollyweird , an album by the band Unwritten Law pejorative expression for Hollywood disambiguation ... more details
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Wiktionary Butthead may refer to Butt head , a fictional character from the animated TV series Beavis and Butt head Asshole Idiot See also Category Pejorative terms for people disambig ... more details
Jungle beat can refer to Donkey Kong Jungle Beat , a video game Jungle music disambiguation , an alternate name for several music genres A pejorative name for rock and roll disambig ... more details
Londonistan can refer to Londonistan term A pejorative sobriquet referring to the United Kingdom British capital of London . Londonistan book A book by Melanie Phillips See also Londonstani disambig fr Londonistan ... more details
Blue rinse brigade is a somewhat pejorative term used, particularly in the United Kingdom , to describe elderly middle class ladies usually of a conservative socio political persuasion. This group is usually characterised as forming the backbone of local branches of the Conservative Party UK Conservative Party . The term arises from the blue rinse dye applied by hairdressers to disguise the often yellow tones of greying hair, together with the brigade pejorativepejorative sense of brigade . There is also an allusion to the political symbolism of Blue Politics blue in the United Kingdom. See also Mohair berets References http www.independent.co.uk news uk politics young women tories fall at the blue rinse hurdle 667759.html . Young women Tories fall at the blue rinse hurdle . The Independent , September 2, 2001. Accessed December 16, 2010. references DEFAULTSORT Blue Rinse Brigade Category Pejorative terms for people Category Conservative Party UK Category Political terms pl Moherowe berety ... more details
West Briton may refer to West Briton , a pejorative term for an Irish person alleged to be excessively sympathetic to or imitative of the British. The West Briton , a local newspaper published in Truro , Cornwall. A person from Wales obsolete usage . disambig ... more details
Chuckles may refer to Chuckles , a candy bar Chuckles G.I. Joe , a G.I. Joe character Chuck Bueche Chuckles the Clown Chuckles the Cheat A synonym for laughter A pejorative diminutive form of Charles disambig ... more details
Orphan date March 2011 Smalltimore is a pejorative nickname for Baltimore, Maryland , referring to that city s size and interconnectedness. External links http www.urbandictionary.com define.php?term smalltimore Smalltimore defined at Urban Dictionary Category Baltimore, Maryland ... more details
Revhead is a colloquial term used in Australia for a car enthusiast or hoon , the Australian term for boy racer disambig Category Pejorative terms for people Category Driving Category Slang Category Australian English ... more details
unreferenced date December 2010 In linguistics , approbatives are words or grammatical forms that denote a positive Affect linguistics affect that is, they express the appreciation or approval of the speaker. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually be adopted in an approbative sense. In historical linguistics , this phenomenon is known as Semantic change amelioration e.g., punk subculture punk . See also Laudative , or praising affect Pejorative , or negative affect Category Pejoratives ling stub ... more details
Tazi in Persian language Persian is a word which can mean Afghan Hound Saluki Khalag Tazi A name, such as Ahmad at Tazi A common, almost clich clich ed , Racist and Pejorative term used for Arabs . disambig fr Tazi ... more details
Boeotian also spelled Beotian may refer to The people from Boeotia , a region of central ancient Greece One of several sub dialects of the Aeolic Greek dialect of the Greek language , spoken by the Boeotia ns. A pejorative toponym , meaning stupid, backward or dull, coined by Ancient Athenians see Boeotia . Category Boeotia disambig ... more details
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