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Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 26, 2009pejorative \pih-JOR-uh-tiv\, adjective: 1. Tending to make or become worse. Citing the construction industry, car dealers, and politicians as the purveyors of "sprawl" (a pejorative term that does not even allow for the possibility of benefits associated with low-density development), Kunstler fails to consider the role of market forces. While he said that he is not a "fanboy," mildly pejorative slang for an aggressively obsessive "Star Wars" fan, he did mention that the John Williams "Star Wars" theme was played at his wedding reception two years ago. Welfare state is now, even for the Labour party whose grand historic achievement it was, obscurely shameful. A pejorative for our times. Pejorative is derived from the past participle of Late Latin pejorare, "to make worse, to become worse," from Latin pejor, "worse." | |||||||
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