Talk:Pejorative
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Why do we need this page?
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Mswake 14:15 Nov 4, 2002 (UTC)- Why do we need any page? :-) But seriously, the page on pejorative has plenty of information which wouldn't be found in a dictionary. Since any number of offensive words in the Wikipedia may be considered pejorative, it's worth labelling them as such, and this page provides some explanation about the term (which may not be in everyone's vocabulary). You're right that Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but this page serves several useful purposes. Rootbeer 07:03 Dec 16, 2002 (UTC)
Removed - funny, but non encyclopedic?
The Simpsons provided an illustration of the meaning of pejorative, when a group chants a protest against Homer Simpson:
- "Two, four, six, eight,
- Homer's crime was very great!"
The protest group realises that this falsely implies the crime was a good thing, and subsequently adds:
- "Great, meaning 'large' or 'immense';
- We used it in the pejorative sense!"
-Stevertigo 18:51, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
Spade, eh?
I'm not sure if it's intentional, but when the article mentions "calling a spade a spade", it reminded me that someone once told me 'spade' was a pejorative term for a black person! Though I fear this will start us off on the euphemism treadmill again.
A Question
Some individuals (e.g. User:FWBOarticle) appear (from discourse) to believe that words may be inherently pejorative. I genuinely wonder if there are any philosophical discussions regarding such ideas? (20040302 00:48, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC))
"Pejorative" vs "Disparaging"
From the article:
- Although pejorative means the same thing as disparaging, the latter term may be applied to a look or gesture as well as to words and phrases.
But the article linked to (as should be obvious from its title) does not discuss its application to a look or gesture. Brianjd 10:19, 2004 Dec 27 (UTC)
