connotations

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Comey has said he did not realize that “86,” a slang term for getting rid of something, had violent connotations.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

But she added that she is aware the term has taken on some negative connotations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Karl Maughan Gilbert, a senior youth worker, says the term Neet is a "horrible" one with "really negative connotations".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Its romantic connotations, however, were believed to have been influenced by the dining culture of the early 1900s.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

For the moment, though, let us just note that there is a word which, for Protestants at least, had many of the connotations of ‘revolution’, and that word is ‘reformation’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton