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as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs
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as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace
your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family
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as in to insult
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Recent Examples of slur
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2024
The fan is heard using a homophobic slur directed at Kelce about his brother Travis, who is dating Taylor Swift.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2024
Police did not mention which slurs the teenager allegedly used.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Noun
This month, Mace, R-S.C., used a slur against the transgender community in a video on social media.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2024
The fan is heard using a homophobic slur directed at Kelce about his brother Travis, who is dating Taylor Swift.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
Williams smelled strongly of alcohol and had slurred speech, was unsteady on his feet and had bloodshot eyes, police said.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2024
Police did not mention which slurs the teenager allegedly used.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slur
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This is a dangerous conflation and an insult to women who choose to cook.Mina Holland, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
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This can be through verbal insults, physical acts like slapping and spitting, or openly degrading someone by telling them to perform humiliating tasks (say, drinking a random glass of milk in front of your work colleagues).Fran Tirado, Them, 10 Jan. 2025
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This mat also held up to pet stains—after tossing it in the wash, there was no change in appearance or texture.Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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The best way to treat common carpet stains: Step by step What’s the best way to clean pet stains from carpet?Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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Trump trolled him for weeks and now this news comes [cry laughing emoji].Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Or is there more to the Canada mention than a desire to troll Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?Ron Elving, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
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The two women, initially welcomed, soon affront their hosts with their pesky independence of mind and spirit.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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For a sense of how Raheem Sterling might be feeling right now, consider that this is a player who felt affronted from the moment his starting place at Manchester City began to come under threat.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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Wexler regrets one thing: that his campaign had no time to check on who was behind the Noise Pollution Action Fund, as the press did so quickly after he was endorsed — too late in the campaign for Wexler to escape the taint.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The sordid origin story of infidelity that explains Elphaba’s birth and dysfunctional family taints everything that follows.Armond White, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
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The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
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That included everything from off-center parts at Simone Rocha to sharp, contrasting textures at KNWLS.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Sep. 2023
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Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
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Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
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Baldoni’s lawsuit alleges that the text message and Times reporting on said interaction is missing context, and that the back and forth was actually sarcasm.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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The Times also clipped Abel’s use of the upside-down smiley face emoji, which is typically used to convey sarcasm.Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Slur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slur. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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