epithet
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And Jackson asked, So he needs to use an epithet?
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Still, its control of the industry—and Americans’ daily lives—earned AT&T the epithet “Ma Bell.”
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
We can only guess how the Romans came to call her Dido; Ms. MacDonald supposes it was an epithet meaning “the wanderer.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
One aspect of the show that the actor questioned, however, was Fuchs and Kane’s decision to omit that incendiary epithet from the scripts.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
“The epithet may have been totally derisive and contemptuous, or derisive and affectionate at the same time,” writes Cole.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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