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The expression "white trash" probably originated in the slang used by enslaved African Americans, in the early decades of the 1800s, and was quickly adopted by richer white people who used the term to stigmatize and separate themselves from the kind of whites they considered to be inferior [11] and without honor, thus carrying on "the ancient prejudice against menials, swineherds, peddlers and ...
Snowflake is a derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions.
LGBT slang, LGBT speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ+ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ+ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
According to Dictionary.com, The term femboy originated in the 1990s and is a compound from the words fem (an abbreviation of feminine and femme) and boy. [1] [2] The variant femboi uses the LGBT term boi. [1] By 2000, the term boi [3] had come to denote "a young, attractive gay man. The term "boi" has also been used, independently of any ...
The term "cosplay" is a Japanese portmanteau of the English terms costume and play. [1] The term was coined by Nobuyuki Takahashi [] of Studio Hard [3] after he attended the 1984 World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles [4] and saw costumed fans, which he later wrote about in an article for the Japanese magazine My Anime []. [3]
Historically, it is a name in American English derived from a Spanish term for a person of African and Native American ancestry. After the Civil War , during and after the Jim Crow era the term was used in conversation, print advertising and household items as a pejorative descriptor for black people .
In 2009, police investigated an incident at Margaretta High School in Castalia, Ohio, in which a 17-year-old girl allegedly sent nude pictures of herself to her former boyfriend, and the pictures started circulating after they had a quarrel. [85] The girl was charged with being an "unruly child" based on her juvenile status. [86]
In human sexuality, kinkiness is the use of non-conventional sexual practices, concepts or fantasies. The term derives from the idea of a "bend" (cf. a "kink") in one's sexual behaviour, to contrast such behaviour with "straight" or "vanilla" sexual mores and proclivities.