Dysphemism

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 * Definition:: **substituting an inoffensive expression with a more offensive or disagreeable one.


 * Origin:: ** opposite of "euphemism" from Greek //euphēmismos//, from //euphēmizein// 'use auspicious words', from //eu// 'well' + //phēmē// 'speaking'


 * See also:: **derogatory

Definition taken from Merriam-Webster Dictionary (m-w.com)


 * Examples ** from text:

1) In All in the Family Episode 1, Meet the Bunkers Lionel: I was just wondering, Mr. Bunker. What's with the Jewish word? Archie: I hear them. We gotta couple of Heebs workin' down at Billy's.

2) "A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner " The town had just let the contracts for paving the sidewalks, and in the summer after her father's death they began the work. The construction company came with niggers and mules and machinery, and a foreman named Homer Barron, a Yankee—a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face. The little boys would follow in groups to hear him cuss the niggers, and the niggers singing in time to the rise and fall of picks."

2) From All in the Family Epidose 1, Meet the Bunkers Michael: See the way he uses his hands when he argues? Very Semitic gesture. Archie: What do you know about it, you dumb Pollock! Michael: Alright I'm a Polack. Archie: You sure are, you're a Polack joke.

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