smear word

1. 1.

   an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation

   “he used the smear word `communist' for everyone who disagreed with him”

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Questions about smear word

What does smear word mean?

smear word means "an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation".

Is smear word a common word?

smear word is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.