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Pejorative, offensive. Used to demean, belittle, or disparage. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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abortuary n. Abortion protesters have referred to the clinic as an “abortuary,” but Planned Parenthood officials have said that abortions are expected to account for less than 10 percent of the patients seen at the clinic. [ ] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)
abortuary n. According to the testimony of several women who have had abortions at the Planned Parenthood abortuary, women don’t usually see the doctor/abortionist until they are in the room and prepped for the abortion. [ ] [full cite] (Feb. 6, 2009)
angry-phone n. That rarest of breeds in the largely French-speaking province, Mr. Galganov is a bilingual Quebecker who rallies for the rights of English speakers (Anglophones) and against secession from Canada. That makes him an “angry-phone” to moderates in both camps, who tag him a threat to cool compromise. [ ] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)
Angryphone n. Then the producer of the thriller series 24—starring onetime Canadian Kiefer Sutherland—claimed he was considering a fan’s suggestion to use some Quebec terrorists as the next foes for 24’s hero Jack Bauer. Who? Angryphones? Sellers of poutine? City blue-collar workers? Surely Jack can find somebody more menacing to torture. [ ] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)
angryphone n. Exactly how are good, loyal Canadian anglos supposed to behave at a speech by the separatist Antichrist, with their fellows watching on television?…Do they applaud? And if so, how warmly can they do so without being called quislings or sellouts by the “angryphones?” [ ] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)
angryphone n. “There are a lot of people out there that I’m calling angryphones,” said Kirkland businessman Carlos Roldan, 46. “When (Premier Jacques) Parizeau blamed us for the No vote, it was a watershed moment. All of us—anglophones, allophones, ethnics—we all became angryphones.” [ ] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)
ass nugget n. Cuise was attempting to do the “Yung Joc “It’s Going Down” dance,” and went on to explain that if you put this clip in context, it was actually “much WORSE than it appears” mainly because Cruise was trying to use street slang and colloquialisms, while coming off like a giant ass nugget. [ ] [full cite] (May. 11, 2006)
bellidge adj. I laughed my ass off, I cried, I downed nasty punk-made absinthe, I got bellidge, I got mooned. [ ] [full cite] (May. 15, 2006)
Billy Jack n. The employee, who filed a human-rights complaint of his own, said one of the speakers used the racially derogatory terms “spook” and “Billy Jack” to describe Peters, a refugee protection officer. [ ] [full cite] (Jun. 24, 2005)
bingo n. In this situation, hatred is easy to generate. The “other” is shown as somehow less than human. Pejorative names are routinely applied: thus, “gooks,” “ragheads,” “sand niggers,” and “bingos” become part of everyday vocabulary. [ ] [full cite] (Jun. 15, 2006)

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