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commie
1or com·my
[ kom-ee ]
/ ˈkɒm i /
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noun, adjective plural com·mies,(often initial capital letter)Informal: Disparaging and Offensive.
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Origin of commie
1First recorded in 1935–40; comm(unist) + -ie
usage note for commie
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.
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Other definitions for commie (2 of 2)
commie2
[ kom-ee ]
/ ˈkɒm i /
noun
a playing marble, especially one not used as a shooter.
Origin of commie
21920–25; comm(on marble) + -ie
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How to use commie in a sentence
Both the Left and the Right find occasional moments of inspiration in the little red book mentality of the old Commie regimes.
Would you fight, and if need be, die, to save our civilization and slay the Commie monsters in their lairs?
Telempathy|Vance SimondsLike some kind of dusty Commie museum, old trophies from their last campaign.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for commie
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