pinko
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- noun
- /ˈpɪŋkoʊ/
- Slur
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- Do they know you're a pinko democrat?
- pinko commie
- pinko liberals
And then Berkeley broke, broke out, and all those hippie commie pinkos at Woodstock that are there selling love and all this stuff.
- And then Berkeley broke, broke out, and all those hippie commie pinkos at Woodstock that are there selling love and all this stuff.
Examples
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These lily-livered pinkos!
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You wanna call me a pinko in the papers?
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Probably what your father would call a pinko.
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Not because I am some communist pinko, but because I feel it results in better quality software.
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Not bad for a pinko pacifist.
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I think it's the pinkos doing something with our radios.
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Well, the newspapers are tryin' to make us out to be pinkos, see?
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In their heart of hearts, pinkos don't really think they deserve to win.
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But you're a pinko.
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Many people in the town accused him of being a pinko because of his progressive ideas about education.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who supports more social equality and government help in the economy
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8.6
A person with mild left-wing political views less extreme than a communist
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4.2
A person who supports ideas for more equality and public services
A person who supports left-wing political views
Antonyms
Compounds
- Slur
A group in a party that supports left-wing ideas and is called by others in a negative way
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Morphology
Etymology
Pinko comes from pink, a lighter form of 'red', plus the ending -o people add to make nicknames. A 'pink' was seen as 'not fully red', so calling someone a pinko meant they had leftist or communist ideas and was used as an insult.