-
attitude towards the
listener or group.
Animal names are
frequently used as
dysphemistic epithets. By
using one, the
speaker attempts to
offend or antagonize...
-
types of
swearing (as
coined by
Steven Pinker): abusive, cathartic,
dysphemistic,
emphatic and idiomatic. The
Polish language uses all
types of swearing...
- mother****ing are also
common uses of **** as an affix.
While neither dysphemistic nor
connected to the ****ual
connotations of the word, even the vacuous...
-
psychological harm
Cathartic swearing, used in
response to pain or
misfortune Dysphemistic swearing, used to
convey that the
speaker thinks negatively of the subject...
- and
chips vans in the
United Kingdom.
These vehicles are
sometimes dysphemistically called "roach coaches" or "ptomaine wagons". A
concession trailer has...
- do you have Battletoads?"
Epanorthoses may also be euphemistic, or
dysphemistic,
replacing a less
acceptable term with a more
acceptable one, or vice...
- mail, all mail was physical, and much
slower by
comparison – thus, the
dysphemistic "snail" appellation.
Compare surface mail, below.
Sneakernet Before the...
