commie

or com·my

[kom-ee]

noun, plural com·mies, adjective (often initial capital letter) Informal: Disparaging and Offensive.

Origin of commie

First recorded in 1935–40; comm(unist) + -ie

Usage note

The shortened and informal term commie has derogatory connotations, whereas the full form communist is merely descriptive. Both terms refer primarily to an advocate of communism, but have been more widely applied to an enemy, a foreigner, or a person regarded as subversive.

commie

[kom-ee]

noun

a playing marble, especially one not used as a shooter.

Origin of commie

1920–25; comm(on marble) + -ie

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Related Words for commie

comrade, sympathizer, red, Marxist, pinko, apparatchik, Socialist, Bolshevist, Trotskyite, Bolshevik, Maoist, Stalinist, Leninist

Examples from the Web for commie

Contemporary Examples of commie

Both the Left and the Right find occasional moments of inspiration in the little red book mentality of the old Commie regimes.
Thank You, Croatia: All Hail Mandatory Vaccinations
Kent Sepkowitz
March 27, 2014

Historical Examples of commie

Would you fight, and if need be, die, to save our civilization and slay the Commie monsters in their lairs?
Telempathy
Vance Simonds

British Dictionary definitions for commie

commie

commy

jocular, derogatory

noun, adjective plural -mies

short for communist

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