Schimpfwortn.
An insulting epithet, a term of abuse.
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1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory v. 153 The community at large, however, evidently emphasizes the imperfections of bureaucracy, as is suggested by the fact that the ‘horrid hybrid’, bureaucrat, has become an epithet, a Schimpfwort.
1974 Amer. Speech 1971 46 84 Reinhold A. Aman..lists under Schimpfwörter: emotive language and verbal aggression, including cuss words, swear words, terms of abuse, insults, [etc.].
1978 Verbatim Winter 3/2 For the Nazis, the word provided a wonderfully Protean term of abuse, a Schimpfwort of unparalleled virtuosity.
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