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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brown supremacist n. Savage added that “[t]his is the radical, feminist, lesbian agenda being acted out on our campuses in a witch-hunt manner against these white boys, very much like the socialist communist agenda being acted out on the American stage by the extras called the illegal aliens,” whom he also referred to as “brown supremacists.” [English Race Derogatory] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2007)

bucket of suck n. The new Eclipse is a big bucket of suck. Run for the hills. No More AWD, no more Turbo. It’s basically a differently styled Galant. [English Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (May. 3, 2006)

bullet catcher n. We don’t like to use the term “bodyguard.”…t’s an antiquated term and you have a picture of a muscle-bound guy in an ill-fitting suit who is sort of lumbering in the background. We have a term for those types: We call them “bullet catchers.” They’re just there to look intimidating. We’re trying to dispel that myth. Our guys blend in. [English Employment Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 27, 2007)

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)

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