1
as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs
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as in stains
a mark of guilt or disgrace
your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family
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Recent Examples of slurs
Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Proctors used several other racial slurs and crude language for women, and at one point praising the work of Hitler, according to the suit filed in Bristol County Superior Court.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Williamson said the parade had already begun when organizers were alerted to a group of seven or eight men dressed in red and black who were carrying a swastika flag and shouting antisemitic, racist and anti-LGBTQ slurs.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 8 June 2026
On the stand, Popov denied uttering any slurs.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Later the same season, Cierra Ortega was also dismissed for using racial slurs, this time against Asian people.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 June 2026
For almost a decade, the company headed by Elon Musk has been trying to fend off allegations that the assembly line in Tesla’s Fremont plant was a hostile work environment filled with racist slurs, graffiti and drawings of nooses and swastikas.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Another shows Michael using homophobic slurs.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Though the term got its footing in meme culture, some are concerned about its closeness, in spelling and use, to other racial slurs.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Noun
There are other videos that are even more explicit, full of racial slurs and graphic depictions of the violence and even rape.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Proctors used several other racial slurs and crude language for women, and at one point praising the work of Hitler, according to the suit filed in Bristol County Superior Court.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Williamson said the parade had already begun when organizers were alerted to a group of seven or eight men dressed in red and black who were carrying a swastika flag and shouting antisemitic, racist and anti-LGBTQ slurs.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 8 June 2026
On the stand, Popov denied uttering any slurs.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
Later the same season, Cierra Ortega was also dismissed for using racial slurs, this time against Asian people.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 June 2026
For almost a decade, the company headed by Elon Musk has been trying to fend off allegations that the assembly line in Tesla’s Fremont plant was a hostile work environment filled with racist slurs, graffiti and drawings of nooses and swastikas.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Another shows Michael using homophobic slurs.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Though the term got its footing in meme culture, some are concerned about its closeness, in spelling and use, to other racial slurs.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slurs
Noun
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Aiyuk appears to direct two common insults at the subject of the video — almost certainly the 49ers — by using the literal, nonprofane meanings of the terms rather than saying the vulgar words themselves.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The hail of insults pouring from the Cubs dugout grew louder and nastier.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Seal grout lines once or twice a year to protect against moisture, dirt, and stains, reducing future cleaning efforts.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
10 June 2026
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There's just big coffee mugs with old stains and locals in flannel shirts talking about the day.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Musselwhite punctuated the music with his harmonica trills and moans while his right knee bounced in time with the rhythms.—
Kevin McKeough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
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Is that panic, when the flute trills high?—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Dabbing the cloth in rubbing alcohol, working away the dirty blots on the glass, waiting for the haze in my head to focus, and a new line to come to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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One of the few blots on last summer’s Leeds copybook.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Richard Marx croons his way onto Billboard’s jazz charts for the first time in a career as a lead recording artist that dates back almost 40 years.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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Murray — beloved for iconic roles in Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack and other films — croons spirited renditions of timeless songs, from Bob Dylan to the Kinks to Tommy Tutone.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The whole project ties together as a powerful critique of modern mental health stigmas and sexism, as history's witch hunts were byproducts of multiple layers of prejudice and misunderstanding.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
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Social-media platforms are filled with short-form videos that clumsily grapple with stigmas surrounding height supremacy.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
Verb
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To prevent its data centers from overheating, SpaceX plans to adopt liquid cooling, but not the kind that hums inside your desktop PC.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
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Cobbled together as a mixtape from a collection of leaks—allegedly because Veeze was holding onto a payload of Carti tracks—the tape hums along with a looseness that could only come from not being edited to death.—
Matthew Ritchie,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Slurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurs. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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