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  • KAPILA: Derogatory, meaning it's akin to, for example, the word "nigger" being used in our western culture.

    CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2008 2008

  • KAPILA: Derogatory, meaning it's akin to, for example, the word "nigger" being used in our western culture.

    CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2008 2008

  • KAPILA: Derogatory, meaning it's akin to, for example, the word "nigger" being used in our western culture.

    CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2008 2008

  • Derogatory statements and drawings left in the stairwell where a star high school basketball player was killed last month are being investigated as possible hate crimes, according to a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the matter.

    Hate Crimes Probed in Murphy Case Sean Gardiner 2011

  • They've ran their other Derogatory Names for him to past "STALE".

    Graham: Dems engaging in 'seedy Chicago politics' 2009

  • Derogatory bumper stickers, if you cannot say something halfway decent do not say anything on your ride!

    Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » Things that Piss Me Off 2010

  • Derogatory comments regarding anothers appearance shows a lack of intelligence.

    BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Derogatory language says nothing whatever about the object of derision but I wonder how many here have ever considered the venom behind the casual mockery of "rednecks?"

    Christian Right Activists Disrupt Hindu Chaplain In The Senate 2009

  • Derogatory effects on their life angered the populace, motivated it to protective actions and impelled the more desperate to terrorist attacks (4) Israel constructed roads in order to enable settlers to bypass Arab villages.

    Harsh Reality of Middle East Conflict 2008

  • Religion is always used as a Derogatory term linked with irrational belief in the Supernatural and other Superstitions by them, and is blamed with holding back Science and social progress, whilst causing strife and division.

    Richard Dawkins is a religious fanatic Janet Ursel 2008

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