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  2. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people. Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity. List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names. List of religious slurs. A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs. List of age-related terms with negative connotations.

  3. Pejorative - Wikipedia

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    A pejorative word, phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something. [ 1 ] It is also used to express criticism, hostility, or disregard. Sometimes, a term is regarded as pejorative in some social or ethnic groups ...

  4. Insult comedy - Wikipedia

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    Insult comedy. Insult comedy is a comedy genre in which the act consists mainly of offensive insults, usually directed at the audience or other performers. [1] Typical targets for insult include people in the show's audience, the town hosting the performance, or the subject of a roast. The style can be distinguished from an act based on satire ...

  5. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...

  7. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details ...

  8. Motherfucker - Wikipedia

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    Motherfucker (/ ˈmʌðərfʌkər /), sometimes abbreviated as mofo, mf, or mf'er, is an English-language vulgarism. It is a form of the profanity fuck. The word is usually considered highly offensive. [1][better source needed] However, in common usage, it is rarely used to refer to one person having intercourse with a woman who is a mother.

  9. Use of nigger in the arts - Wikipedia

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    For example, a current Mexican edition is entitled Diez negritos (English: Ten Little Negroes). [citation needed] Flannery O'Connor uses a black lawn jockey as a symbol in her 1955 short story "The Artificial Nigger". American comedian Dick Gregory used the word in the title of his 1964 autobiography, written during the American Civil Rights ...