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[ noun ] a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
Synonyms Examples "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)La^utner , for his part , `` belonged_to the present-day race of small artists , who do not demand the utmost of themselves '' , and the bitter description of the type includes such epithets as `` wretched little poseurs '' , the devastating indictment `` they do not know how to be wretched decently and in_order '' , and the somewhat extreme prophecy , so_far not fulfilled : `` They will be destroyed '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] descriptive word or phrase
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