commie
/ˈkɑ.mi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.92 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
Derogatory; Slang
Example Sentences
- "Hell, I'd rather talk with a commie than ever meet Catherine in a café."
- "“Jack Kennedy′s one commie,” he said, “and tonight maybe they′ll elect him President, and we′ll all get killed. You know.”"
- "1966 June, Jack Burris, Fiction: Judah′s a Two-Way Street Running Out, Black World: Negro Digest, page 67, “Why, them dirty commies, of course. They′re the ones startin′ all this fuss anyway. Them cotton-pickin′ niggers wasn′t causin′ no trouble until them Yankee commies started in.”"
- "The commies claim they are helping the blacks."
- ""I heard Winnie the Pooh was like garlic to a vampire to the Chinese commies," he said. "Popular arts and music, poetry, dancing and singing is a threat to those in power, and I'm really trying to bring back that rock-and-roll rebellious spirit into music, you know.""
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑ.mi/
- British English: /ˈkɒ.mi/