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Pejorative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pejoratives are distinct from profanity, which refers to language that is considered rude; Pejoratives refer more to disapproval and not necessarily rudeness. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorativ...
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Learn more about "pejoratively" ... Learn more about "pejoratively" and related topics at Britannica.com ... APA Style pejoratively. (2009). In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
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What are they going to do about the people who say 'retard' pejoratively? The fact of the matter is, when most people say words like 'gay' or 'retard' they aren't thinking of homosexuals or mentally handicapped people.
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Though so far no one has had a jury trial against American Apparel, Charney has freely admitted he uses words like "slut" and "c*nt" around the office, saying that they're not necessarily meant pejoratively: "some of us love sluts," he said in a recent deposition.
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Main Entry: 2pejorative; Function: adjective; Etymology: Late Latin pejoratus, past participle of pejorare to make or become worse, from Latin pejor worse; akin to Sanskrit padyate he falls, Latin ped-, pes foot -- more at FOOT; Date: circa 1888; : having negative connotations; ... Search here for another word in...
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