Pejorative Term

Famous quotes containing the words pejorative and/or term:

    “And that is where
    The pejorative sense of fear moves axles.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “No—is a term very frequently employed by the fair, when they mean everything else but a negative. Their yes is always yes; but their no is not always no.”
    —Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. M, Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany, p. 203 (April 1803)