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Results tagged with pejorative-language
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This tag is for questions about pejorative language. Pejorative language is any language that portrays someone or something in a negative light, no matter whether it is intended to be disparaging and derogatory, contemptuous or disapproving, belittling or offensive, or even abusive. It’s anything that makes someone or something look bad.
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A pejorative term for "unreasonably gregarious"
I think familiar might also fit the bill. As in:
unduly intimate; too personal; taking liberties; presuming: The
duchess disliked familiar servants.
Source: meaning #5 here.
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What does the expression "old soldier" mean?
In the story "An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids", one of the female characters is twice referred to pejoratively (by men) as an "old soldier".
It's clearly an idiom, since she's young ("about thi …
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Is there a pejorative alternative to "improvise"?
Haphazard could also work an adjective. Example:
When you place a book on a desk it should be placed there in a
straight, orderly way, not in a haphazard way.
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