epithet

We are here because Eatherly went well beyond brandishing a loaded epithet.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

The Colombian film “A Poet” is, yes, about a poet, though that title takes on a revolving set of connotations—an aspiration, an occupation, a mocking epithet, a euphemism for “unemployed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

“The epithet may have been totally derisive and contemptuous, or derisive and affectionate at the same time,” writes Cole.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 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

Grumbling a few disinterested epithets, they moved away.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison