epithet

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

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

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

Her wails and epithets carry out from the broken windows, down the firestairs.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee