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- noun slang, pejorative an
abortionist - noun slang, pejorative a
pregnant woman who receives anabortion - noun slang, pejorative a
person whoadvocates abortion - noun UK, obsolete a long-range
Zeppelin bomber - noun slang, pejorative, obsolete a Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponents
- noun slang, pejorative, obsolete a saloon, used by the Temperance Movement
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Examples
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But after attending plenty of anti-Iraq War rallies, I can't recall a single person wielding the "baby-killer" or "war criminal" charge in the way that is typically assumed -- to indict your average enlisted soldier.
Mark Engler: Spitting in the Faces of U.S. Troops Mark Engler 2010
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But after attending plenty of anti-Iraq War rallies, I can't recall a single person wielding the "baby-killer" or "war criminal" charge in the way that is typically assumed -- to indict your average enlisted soldier.
Mark Engler: Spitting in the Faces of U.S. Troops Mark Engler 2010
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So the Republican Rep. who shouted “baby-killer” at Stupak should have yelled, “the timing of this $750,000 grant that go to what appears to be a worthy project seems kind of suspicious tome!”?
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I feel sorry for Mr. Stupak, because he committed the relatively minor sin of choosing nasty playmates — the kind who will ride you until you are of not use to them any longer, at which point they scream “baby-killer” at you on the House floor (anonymously, of course) — and became disproportinately tarred by the association.
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Most Americans do not accept that calling Bart Stupak a “baby-killer” is accurate (or the act of any sensible, decent person).
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Most Americans do not accept that calling Bart Stupak a “baby-killer” is accurate (or the act of any sensible, decent person).
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It was still raining when we got outside and we pushed through the boisterous crowd of protesters that castigated me with screams of baby-killer and murderer.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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Jesus would not have advocated for spitting on people, falsely accusing people (socialist, communist, non-citizen, nazi, baby-killer, etc.), hateful signs, mailing condoms and nooses to elected officials all in the name of anti-big-government.
DeMint says Tea Party activists leading spiritual revival 2010
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Or would your story be that he is he a baby-killer?
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So the Republican Rep. who shouted “baby-killer” at Stupak
hernesheir commented on the word baby-killer
This derogatory term has been re-purposed several times.
February 7, 2013