cacophemism
Definition:
A cruel and/or offensive
dysphemism
.
Example:
Referring to a person as
it
, as in:
What's it doing now?
Etymology:
The word derives from the Greek
kakos
, bad +
euphemism
.
see:
euphemism
|
cacology
|
caconym
a type of
:
dysphemism
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