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Goth

Goth

1 9.9
A rude or uncultured person used as an insult in older speech
  • noun
  • /ɡɔθ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : bárbaro
  • That's not Goth.

Examples

  • If someone 'used to be male,' then surely that's just a public and historic fact anyone could have observed at the time, like if you used to work for Lehman Bros or were a Goth, rather than anything private.

    Blog text (19)
  • Yeah, it is kind of peculiar to try to make some sort of stand on that goofy goth pic; we've all dressed like idiots, often for the explicit point of looking like an idiot.

    Blog text (2)
  • Now that is definitely not Goth.

  • Would you want a reflective goth?

  • Where's the obnoxious little goth girl who tormented me all those years ago?

  • That's not very Goth.

  • It looked like something a Goth might have used to close his rough woolen cloak.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • And then... they called me foul adulteress, lascivious Goth, and all the bitterest terms that ever ear did hear to such effect.

  • She described the unruly man in the corner as a typical goth, lacking any refinement or manners.

  • His behavior at the formal dinner made him seem like a goth, completely unaware of the social norms.

Synonyms

peasant
vsGoth
  • Offensive
23 5.3

A rude person who is seen as having bad manners and used as an insult

is archaic and lacks the explicit class based insult
barbarian
vsGoth
  • Offensive
23 6.4

A person who behaves rudely or without manners

is archaic in use rather than common modern vocabulary
boor
vsGoth
  • Offensive
2 8.3

A rude person who shows little respect for others

is the older archaic word not used in ordinary speech
churl
vsGoth
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is rude and selfish to other people

is archaic and refers to lack of culture rather than selfishness
tyke
vsGoth
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A rude person who has poor manners

is the archaic label rather than a common modern insult
tike
vsGoth
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude person with bad manners

is an older word mainly used in the past rather than now

How Cultured

sophisticate
5 7.7
cultured
5 5.1
Goth
  • Offensive
1 9.9
lout
  • Offensive
11 7.9
barbarian
  • Offensive
5 7.6

Surface Forms

Goth singular
Goths plural

Etymology

Later, people used Goth as a rude name for a rough or 'uncultured' person because Romans and others called those invaders 'barbarians'. That's why in older books a Goth can mean someone with no culture.