pinko [ping -koh] Older Slang : Disparaging
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See more synonyms for pinko on Thesaurus.com noun, plural pink·os, pink·oes. a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions. a person who leans toward communist ideology. Show More
Origin of pinko First recorded in
1935–40; pink1 +
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Related Words for pinko comrade ,
sympathizer ,
red ,
Marxist ,
pinko ,
Commie ,
apparatchik ,
Socialist ,
Bolshevist ,
Trotskyite ,
Bolshevik ,
Maoist ,
Stalinist ,
Leninist British Dictionary definitions for pinko noun plural -os or -oes mainly US derogatory a person regarded as mildly left-wing Show More
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Word Origin and History for pinko n. 1936, derogatory slang form of pink (n.), used of people whose social or political views "have a tendency toward 'red;' " a metaphor that had existed since at least 1837. As an adjective by 1957.
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