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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

The one classmate who protested her presence employed silence rather than epithet as a weapon.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Part of pop culture’s hyper-masculinity resurgence involves renormalizing epithets and abolishing considerate language.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2025

“I want to make clear that our police department does not tolerate racism or unacceptable epithets of any kind from any member of our organization,” Solinsky wrote in the release.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2024

On any day, it is nearly impossible not to pass by someone yelling obscenities and epithets, fighting unseen demons.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

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

From Slate Jun. 7, 2023

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

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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