What do you call it when an ethnic slur has lost its offensive sense?
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English word for taking a derogatory term and owning it with pride
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Word that means "outdated name"
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What is the term for the double consecutive use of a word with stress on one of the words to alter its severity?
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A term for words that change pronunciation with part of speech
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What do you call extended words like ‘Nooooo’?
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Changes in English names of people
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Is there a word for using a word twice to imply something different?
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Is there a name for the kind of sounds commonly found in profanities?
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Non-offensive substitute for a swear word
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Is there another way of saying "I lost my train of thought"?
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Is there anything wrong with the word “denigrate”?
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Foreign words reborrowed back into English
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Word for dismissing someone's opinions as racist, liberal, etc, instead of debating back
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Term for using "thingy-esque" phrases rather than a common word
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Give the power to the community to revert back a tag synonymization
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Why did the descriptive "Orientals" shift into a pejorative?
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Paradox of language: smelly feet and runny nose