Sentence examples similar to becomes a term of from inspiring English sources

From fascist murders on the streets of Athens to a shrinking middle class in Germany itself, to places like Latvia, where the word doctor has almost become a term of abuse, Merkel's Europe is becoming a colder place.

A year later, he observed: Welfare became a term of opprobrium -- a contentious, often vindictive area of political conflict in which liberals and conservatives clashed and children were lost sight of.

But when did "metropolitan" become a term of abuse in British politics?

But it reflected the sensibility of a community in which the word "comfortable" had become a term of art.

Its penis is called a dork, which has become a term of abuse in some parts of the world.

Meanwhile, kitsch has also become a term of praise that enables some kinds of cultural products to be rebranded.

Even in his lifetime, his views were caricatured and "Machiavellian" became a term of abuse not long after his death.

In Ghana HIPC, as it was popularly known, became a term of derision and a symbol of battered pride.

So why have my brothers and sisters allowed the N-word to be glorified, and become a term of endearment?

"Drinking tea in mosques" became a term of derision used by those convinced this was exactly the wrong tack.

Of course, once western culture could be a term of praise, it was bound to become a term of dispraise, too.