A word that refers to any former epithet that has now been reclaimed or renovated by members of a group it was once derisively applied to; or an epithet that is not seen as offensive if used by a member of the targeted group to others of the same group.
(An epithet is not necessarily offensive. Several dictionaries provide the sense of "descriptive term" as the most common sense. Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary lists the "insult" sense first, as being the most common. Aside: I'm fat and bald, but I don't particularly like being called fat and bald even by others who are fat and bald. Or old.)
Примеры использования:
"Faggot," formerly offensive to many, has recently been embraced by gays for use in their community and has thus become an oppithet.
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