A Barbarian
Is an insulting word for a
person from an uncivilized culture or a person with no manners. Barbarians
aren't known for their etiquette. Those barbarians — back in an
arbarian is an insulting word for a
person from an uncivilized culture or a person with no manners. Barbarians
aren't known for their etiquette. Those barbarians — back in ancient times they
were always invading and pillaging and generally unleashing their fury on the
more "civilized" Greeks and Romans. The barbarian hordes are long
gone, but we still use this word as an insult for anyone who's acting rude,
uncultured, or particularly savage. If you pick up a whole turkey leg and start
gnawing like an animal at the dinner table, the other guests might call you a
barbarian.
Hun an offensive
word to a German descendent
Vandalism is
the destruction of someone else's property. Some people think of graffiti as
public art, while others dismiss it as nothing but vandalism. If you damage public or private property on purpose,
you've committed the crime of vandalism. The range of vandalism can vary from
carving your initials in a desk at school to tearing pages out of a library
book to breaking windows of a building. The word vandal comes from the Vandals, the Germanic tribe that attacked Rome in 455. The
tribe's name meant "wanderer," but the word vandal was used in the 1600s to mean "destroyer of what is
beautiful."
Mongol is a member of the mongoloid race.
Call a word or phrase pejorative if
it is used as a disapproving expression or a term of abuse:
cient times they
were always invading and pillaging and generally unleashing their fury on the
more "civilized" Greeks and Romans. The barbarian hordes are long
gone, but we still use this word as an insult for anyone who's acting rude,
uncultured, or particularly savage. If you pick up a whole turkey leg and start
gnawing like an animal at the dinner table, the other guests might call you a
barbarian.
Hun an offensive
word to a German descendent
Vandalism is
the destruction of someone else's property. Some people think of graffiti as
public art, while others dismiss it as nothing but vandalism. If you damage public or private property on purpose,
you've committed the crime of vandalism. The range of vandalism can vary from
carving your initials in a desk at school to tearing pages out of a library
book to breaking windows of a building. The word vandal comes from the Vandals, the Germanic tribe that attacked Rome in 455. The
tribe's name meant "wanderer," but the word vandal was used in the 1600s to mean "destroyer of what is
beautiful."
Mongol is a member of the mongoloid race.
Call a word or phrase pejorative if
it is used as a disapproving expression or a term of abuse:
