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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

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

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

Maher said he brought with him to the dinner a list of almost five dozen epithets the president had hurled his way over the years, intending to ask Trump to sign it for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

She and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar shouted epithets at the podium as Trump spoke that were hard to make out.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

“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

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

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

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine


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