Commie

Definitions

1. A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
   derogatory, slang
2. A Communist.
   derogatory, slang
3. A Commodore computer.
   slang
4. A Holden Commodore.
   Australia, colloquial
5. A commercial vehicle.
   colloquial
6. Synonym of anticapitalist.
   broadly, derogatory, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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⟳."”

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