Derogatory Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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

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bullet sponge n. Marines -> Bullet Sponges. [English Military Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 17, 2006)

bureauon n. Cobb tried to block FBI agents from issuing search warrants to NASA offices and frequently referred to his employees as “knuckle draggers” and “bureauons,” his shorthand for bureaucratic morons, according to testimony. [English Government Derogatory New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 8, 2007)

Bushvolk n. Their votes support our troops by making the administration accountable. This isn’t micromanagement, as the Bushvolk maligned. It is input by the branch of government this president needed to begin the war but discounted once it had begun. [English Politics Derogatory New or Nonce Nickname] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2007)

butu n. Whichever of these two political parties form the next government, Jamaica would have lost because they have clearly demonstrated an unwillingness and inability to stop political violence. We, Jamaicans, will therefore continue to be ridiculed by other Caribbean nationals and peoples of the world who consider us barbarians or as we say in Jamaica parlance “butu.” [English-based Creole Jamaica Derogatory] [full cite] (Jul. 24, 2007)

carebear n. The new word, an insult, is carebear. I was called a carebear today by someone who didn’t agree with my assessment of a game that I didn’t enjoy. I’ve also seen others use it directed at people who they don’t like. Such as: “U suk. Ur a carebear.” or: “U must b a carebear, cuz u suck.” [English Online Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (May. 14, 2004)

catastroika n. While Gorbachev’s political reforms are breathtaking, his economic perestroika appears overly cautious and utterly ineffectual. French scholar Jacques Rupnik has suggested a new label: catastroika. The sprawling Soviet empire—full of fractious Ukrainians, Armenians, Tatars, and other nationalities—constantly threatens to come apart at the seams. [Russian Russia Derogatory] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2004)

CBC n. And CBCs (Canadian-born Chinese), or “bananas,” also commonly use the term FOB to distance themselves from new Chinese immigrants. [English Derogatory Acronym] [full cite] (May. 22, 2007)

Chateau Migraine n. The director general of one of Egypt’s largest wine-makers, the Lebanese Andre Hadji-Thomas, smiles as he remembers his 1998 visit to the Gianaclis estate, put up for sale 30 years after its nationalisation by then president Gamal Abdel Nasser: “After uncorking a bottle, the Egyptian wine-maker of the estate revealed to us that, despite 20 years in the profession, as a good Muslim he had never touched a drop of wine!” Not surprisingly this epoch of Egyptian wine-making was dubbed “Chateau Migraine.” [English Food & Drink Derogatory Slang Nickname] [full cite] (Dec. 17, 2007)

chi chi man n. From dem a par inna chi chi man car/Blaze di fire mek we bun dem!!!! (Bun dem!!!!)/From dem a drink inna chi chi man bar/Blaze di fire mek we dun dem!!!! (Dun dem!!!!) [English English-based Creole Jamaica Sex & Sexuality Derogatory] [full cite] (Jun. 26, 2004)

chocolate-maker n. The “chocolate-makers” summit (the term deliciously coined by US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher) he hosted left a very bitter transatlantic aftertaste. [English Politics Derogatory] [full cite] (Jun. 23, 2004)

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