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2 Μαΐ 2024 · Slurs are epithets that denigrate a group simply on the basis of membership, e.g., on the basis of race, ethnicity, origin, religion, gender, or ideology. They provide powerful linguistic weapons, carrying a characteristic pejorative sting or punch, prone to cause offense, outrage, and even injury.
19 Ιουλ 2018 · The new use of slur was part of the new vocabulary of race and social diversity that entered public discourse in the 1950s and 1960s: notions like “colorblind,” “hate speech,” “racial sensitivity,” and “racism” itself, all of them connected to a sweeping revision of the framework of civic virtue. 3 The new framework implied a ...
30 Σεπ 2017 · For example, there are many words that slur the rich and powerful, such as “toff”, “Lord Snooty”, “nob”, “suit”, “the one percent” and “Hooray Henry”, that all convey considerable contempt.
12 Νοε 2021 · The paradigmatic examples of slurs include racist epithets such as nigger, chink, anti-Semitic ones like kike, or homophobic ones like faggot.
In this paper, I present data involving the use of the Romanian slur ‘țigan’, consideration of which leads to the postulation of a sui-generis, irreducible type of use of slurs (‘identificatory’).
Shakespeare used ‘lion’ to pick out Richard and ‘the sun’ to pick out Juliet. These are non-literal uses. (More interestingly, some speakers use slurs to target only a subclass of the extension of a neutral ‘counter-part’; Chris Rock tells us he “love[s] black people but...hate[s] niggers” (HBO Special).)
27 Νοε 2013 · Slurs target race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, politics, immigrant status, line of work and many other demographics. They offend their targets—some more than others.
