Sentence examples for insulting term from inspiring English sources

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He has been called "diaspore," an insulting term.

Balding said the word "dyke" was "too often used as a pejorative and insulting term".

Ms Balding asserts that the word "dyke" is "too often used as a pejorative and insulting term".

I didn't really know what feminism was at that point, save as a vaguely insulting term delivered in bleak sitcoms.

The Real Cougar Woman Handbook" (Advantage Media Group), said she had decided to take what she thought was an insulting term and use it to empower women.

The editors who overdubbed "melon farmer" into Die Hard and Jackie Brown may not have known that it's an insulting term for people of Hispanic origin.

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When a female councillor accused him of making a lewd advance, he replied in insulting terms.

Granted, geek and nerd have been used in the past as disparaging, insulting terms, nobody is questioning that.

Mr. Aghajari sent a letter to the speaker of Parliament in August in which he apologized for what had been interpreted as insulting terms and said that he had no intention of insulting anyone.

Since she began the site in 2006, Ms. Finke's Web site has become a critical forum for Hollywood news and gossip, known for analyzing (in sometimes insulting terms) the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of moguls.

The ruling makes all manner of racist, sexist, or otherwise insulting terms eligible for federal registration by someone who wishes to use them to identify the goods or services they are selling.

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