"snarl word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snarl words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snarl word (plural snarl words)
  1. A derogatory term, a term used to insult or demean its referent. Related terms: bug-word, purr word
    Sense id: en-snarl_word-en-noun-W2PH4Hw6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1969, Jay Cline, Voices in literature, language, and composition, page 204",
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          "ref": "2011, Jay A. Gertzman, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940",
          "text": "His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression, wielding the snarl word “smut” and the shibboleth “decency,” of liberal political and social ideas regarding divorce, sex education, family planning, and abortion include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale.",
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          "ref": "2012, Joachim Onyeakor, Did We Create God?: God Scam Exposed!, page 72",
          "text": "The term cult is generally used as a hateful snarl word that is intended to intentionally devalue people and the new faith groups that they have chosen to follow. It tends to associate thousands of benign religious groups with the handful of destructive religious groups that have caused loss of life.",
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          "ref": "2016, Dawn Archer, What's in a Word-list?: Investigating Word Frequency and Keyword Extraction, Routledge",
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