COMMUNIST
ADJECTIVES
► PINKO holding left-of-centre or mildly Communist views → 1936 sl., derogatory
► RED communist, socialist, left-wing → M19 sl.
NOUNS
► AUNT JULIA communist propaganda → 1953 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► COMMIE a Communist → 1939 sl., often derogatory
► COMMO a Communist → 1941 sl., often derogatory
► HACK a labour organizer belonging to the Communist Party of the United States → 1967 Amer. sl.
► PARTY MEMBER a Communist → 1959 euphemism
► PINKIE ► PINKY a person who holds left-of-centre or mildly Communist views → 1973 sl., derogatory
► PINKO a person who holds left-of-centre or mildly Communist views → 1936 sl., derogatory
► RADISH a bogus communist → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► RED a Communist or extreme socialist → 1851 sl., derogatory
► RED-NECK a Communist; a revolutionary → 1931 Amer. dial.
► RED-RAGGER a Communist or socialist → 1916 Aust. sl., derogatory
► REDS, THE communists, socialists → 20C sl.
► YUKKIE a young, upwardly mobile communist → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► REDBAIT to harass communists or people with left-wing beliefs → 1938 orig. US
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