reappropriate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Ben Berman, a New York City vegan who began a serious weightlifting regimen last year, said he's trying to reappropriate the epithet "soy boy," historically used to emasculate vegan and vegetarian men.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
Years later, when preparing for a Culture Gabfest segment on Twitter, she would reappropriate the name of her blog to create her first and only handle on the site—@thehighsign.
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2017
Canadian comedians, she wrote in a research paper, were adopting “camp,” a form of humor often used by gay performers to ironically reappropriate homophobic slurs and stereotypes as points of pride.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2017
Some Asian American groups support Tam’s attempt to reappropriate a slur and make it a point of pride, as other artists of color have done.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2017
Now you seek to reappropriate this water, or to have the right cancelled, and see where you wind up.
From The Iron Furrow by Botkin, Henry A.
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