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epithet

[ep-uh-thet] / ˈɛp əˌθɛt /


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Adrian E. Alvarez, who runs the group’s website, created a song titled “Spencer, Saca La Bassura,” a reference to Pratt’s epithet for the mayor from the Spanish word for trash.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2026

And Jackson asked, So he needs to use an epithet?

From Slate May 4, 2026

Still, its control of the industry—and Americans’ daily lives—earned AT&T the epithet “Ma Bell.”

From Barron's May 2, 2026

We can only guess how the Romans came to call her Dido; Ms. MacDonald supposes it was an epithet meaning “the wanderer.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

It was not an unfair epithet, though meant unkindly.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The bean counters expect their doctors, who yank people back from the brink of death and care for ailing folks screaming epithets at them, to do it all with a smile.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2025

In an interview with the American Patriots of Latino Heritage, Cervantes said he directed a couple of choice epithets at the officer and declared, “I’ll prove you wrong,” before running out the door.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2024

These labels salt the book on almost every page, and always as epithets.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2023

The paucity of theatrical flourishes speaks volumes: Or rather, it is Henrik Ibsen’s words, in a faithful “new version” by Amy Herzog that adds a few choice epithets, that are given overarching priority.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2023

However, Areida was laughing, which made it seem the worst of epithets.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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