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term of abuse
phrase
an unkind or unpleasant name to call someone: 污辱性称呼
In the playground, this was about the worst term of abuse you could use.
At the time, the word 'hippie' was commonly used as a term of abuse.
You make the word 'workaholic' sound like a term of abuse!
He uses the word 'liberal' as a term of abuse.
It was just one of several terms of abuse that were thrown at him during this period.
See also
termnoun(EXPRESSION)
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