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snarl word

snarl word noun: a derogatory term, a term used to insult or demean its referent.

Noun

snarl word (plural snarl words)

  1. A derogatory term, a term used to insult or demean its referent.
    • If you like to eat spinach the word spinach is a purr word to you; it may make your mouth water. If the taste of spinach nauseates you, then the word spinach would be a snarl word.1969, Jay Cline, Voices in literature, language, and composition, page 204
    • 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...2011, Jay A. Gertzman, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940

Examples of snarl word in a sentence

  • 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.2012, Joachim Onyeakor, Did We Create God?: God Scam Exposed!, →ISBN, page 72:
  • The word 'lobby' is in effect a snarl word in the MWC.2016, Dawn Archer, What's in a Word-list?: Investigating Word Frequency and Keyword Extraction, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms of snarl word

pluralsnarl words

Questions about snarl word

What does snarl word mean?
Snarl word means a derogatory term, a term used to insult or demean its referent.
How do you use snarl word in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is snarl word?
Snarl word is a noun.
What is the plural of snarl word?
The plural of snarl word is snarl words.

Words near snarl word in the dictionary

  1. snarks
  2. snarktastic
  3. snarky
  4. snarl
  5. snarl up
  6. snarl word
  7. snarl words
  8. snarl-up
  9. snarl-ups
  10. snarled
  11. snarled up

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