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What do you call someone who is being mean, but sounds and looks like they are being nice? [closed]
What do you call it when someone is being back-handed in a way that looks and sounds nice outrightly but is intended to be mean? Passive-aggressive is too obvious.
The equivalent to
Bless her heart.
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What's a formal-noun that means an unprincipled, unpleasant person?
I am trying to find a word that can be used in formal situations for referring to an unprincipled, unpleasant person. I'm looking for a more formal or civil way to say this, rather than the uncivil “...
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What do you call a person who is resistant to new technology [duplicate]
Does a word exist that describes someone who is either
a) resistant to,
b) afraid of,
or
c) refuses to learn
new technology?
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Is there a single word meaning "a repulsive or loathsome person"?
Does the English language have any words in present use that would be synonymous with the figurative sense of the now obsolete mesel, 'a repulsive or loathsome person'?
I am well aware of the tons of ...
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Less politically problematic alternative to 'princess' or 'snowflake'
I'm looking for a word to use in a self-deprecating context meaning 'overly sensitive or precious'.
I ordinarily might say:
I'm going to sound like a princess here
or
I'm going to be a snowflake ...
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What is an appropriate word that describes someone who gets others to do things when they could easily do them themselves? [duplicate]
I'm trying to pin down a word or phrase that concisely describes a person who intentionally gets other people to do things for them that they could easily do themselves, as a form of either conscious ...
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A possibly modern derogatory term for housewife
I need a derogatory term for housewife. I couldn't find any in online dictionaries and I'm not sure I have ever heard of any in any language I'm familiar with.
But I'm thinking there must be something ...
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Olden pejorative/word for a "fancy-pants"
What word would someone around the era of the Wild West (1850) use to describe a "posh fancy-pants"? I see that "fancy-pants" first known usage was in the twentieth century, so it'...
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Is there a term for a group 'owning' a previous insult?
Is there a term or word for the process of a group of people taking (or attempting to) an insulting word/phrase and making it their own? I'm thinking about something more than normalization or ...
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Looking for a word for a coward who claims credit for the heroic acts of others
Someone who doesn't do anything required or expected but takes credit for having performed heroic deeds.
I have considered 'cowardly', but it doesn't convey the complete meaning.
An example ...
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Word for reminder of inconvenient truths
What do you call a person who constantly tells others things they don't want to hear even though it's true? (Maybe even revels in their dismay)
Something along the lines of Person A telling Person B ...
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Non-offensive version of the word "mongol"? [closed]
I want to describe a person or group of thugs who cause damage without concern for science or culture. I had written down "mongol behavior", in reference to the Mongol invasion. Is there an all-...
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Insult for someone who "doesn't know anything" [closed]
How do you call/insult someone who doesn't know anything (meaning not the simplest/basic or obvious things)?
Context: I need it in a dialog of the following form:
A: How does <very simple/obvious ...
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How would one (formally) describe being socially able to say something because of membership in a certain group?
How would one formally describe being socially able to say something otherwise considered derogatory on the basis of one's membership of the group towards which the purported derogation would be ...
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Is there a term for words which are insults but not vulgar?
Sometimes, when I explain a new word to a friend who doesn't speak English well, I know that the word has to be used carefully, because it is not appropriate in all contexts, or can be offensive if ...
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