epithet

Adrian E. Alvarez, who runs the group’s website, created a song titled “Spencer, Saca La Bassura,” a reference to Pratt’s epithet for the mayor from the Spanish word for trash.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

And Jackson asked, So he needs to use an epithet?

From Slate ● May 4, 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

Bangladesh's Prothom Alo newspaper, which said Zia had "earned the epithet of the 'uncompromising leader'", reported that Rahman and other family members were by her side at the time of her death.

From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025

What Adams could never quite fathom, and Jefferson understood intuitively, was that the very word “aristocracy” had become an epithet in the political culture of postrevolutionary America.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“I want to make clear that our police department does not tolerate racism or unacceptable epithets of any kind from any member of our organization,” Solinsky wrote in the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2024

On any day, it is nearly impossible not to pass by someone yelling obscenities and epithets, fighting unseen demons.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

These labels salt the book on almost every page, and always as epithets.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2023

We then passed through all tweets – over a million in total – that contained any one of 119 words, phrases, slurs and epithets related to antisemitism.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023

Her wails and epithets carry out from the broken windows, down the firestairs.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee