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as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs
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as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace
your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family
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as in to insult
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Recent Examples of slur
Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
He was bullied by classmates who hurled gay slurs at him.
—John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024
The claim: Video shows Kamala Harris slurred words in Helene remarks
A Sept. 27 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows Vice President Kamala Harris delivering a warning about Hurricane Helene and speaking in an unusually slow manner.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Kylie's entrance comes just after Jason used his Monday Night Countdown on-air time to address the viral Nov. 2 altercation between him and a Penn State football fan who called his brother Travis Kelce a homophobic slur outside of Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
He was bullied by classmates who hurled gay slurs at him.
—John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
On social media, Harris' campaign has been leaning into references to Trump's age, pointing out moments where Trump slurs his words or meanders.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024
The claim: Video shows Kamala Harris slurred words in Helene remarks
A Sept. 27 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows Vice President Kamala Harris delivering a warning about Hurricane Helene and speaking in an unusually slow manner.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slur
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There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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But what garnered the most attention were a comedian’s insults of Puerto Rico, Trump’s violent rhetoric about a political opponent and a comment about women.Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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Another person shared that their Hoover has worked like a charm for years and is a game changer for new and old pet stains.Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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She was surrounded by three-foot diameter paper murals of Disney scenes attached to the wall with sticky putty that left dime-sized oil stains for months.Heather M. Jones, Parents, 6 Nov. 2024
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Russian casualties in 's full-scale invasion of Ukraine have surpassed 700,000, according to Kyiv, which trolled Moscow over the round number of such a grim milestone.Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Steve Martin is trolling us Evidence in favor of this theory: no caption.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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For a sense of how Raheem Sterling might be feeling right now, consider that this is a player who felt affronted from the moment his starting place at Manchester City began to come under threat.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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They felt affronted by companies like Uber that were refusing to abide by even modest regulations.Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Same as Papen, Tartt felt the blight and taint of her origins.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Frost ruined Pasquet’s entire crop in 2021, and his 2022 vintage was more limited than usual because of smoke taint from forest fires in the region.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
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The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
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That included everything from off-center parts at Simone Rocha to sharp, contrasting textures at KNWLS.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Sep. 2023
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Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
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Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
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In the height of the singer-songwriter era, when earnest autobiographical confessions were prized as tokens of authenticity, Newman’s use of sarcasm and unlikable protagonists was an act of literary radicalism in pop music.David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
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Original cast member Chevy Chase first took the seat back in 1975, bringing his sarcasm and deadpan humor to the segment.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Slur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slur. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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