epithet

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

From Slate ● May 4, 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

Bangladesh's Prothom Alo newspaper, which said Zia had "earned the epithet of the 'uncompromising leader'", reported that Rahman and other family members were by her side at the time of her death.

From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025

One aspect of the show that the actor questioned, however, was Fuchs and Kane’s decision to omit that incendiary epithet from the scripts.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025

“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

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

“Democrats need to stay away from epithets like ‘weird,’ ” Stephens said, echoing a point that his colleague Thomas Friedman had also recently made.

From Slate ● May 9, 2025

Astronomers and astrologers pin the popularization of moon epithets to the rise of the internet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

Using remarkably similar epithets, they awkwardly segued from topics as varied as federal pandemic guidelines and the Chinese spy balloon to their singular focus: Allan Block, and what one caller described as his long “tentacles.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2023

Christine allowed herself to walk in their shoes for a moment, wondering how she would deal with the taunts, the bottles, the epithets, and the humiliation.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly