Meaning of Pinko | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist.
   US, derogatory, informal, often

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Examples

“At Princeton a lone townsman cried "Down with Mussolini!" in the midst of a reception, was jostled by students, escorted off the campus. At Harvard the pinko National Students League protested to President Conant, but allowed the visitors to tour Cambridge in peace.”

““I agree⟳ with the decision one hundred per cent,” he said. “And if I find⟳ any pinkos that I don't know⟳ about on my lot I'll get⟳ rid⟳ of them if I can. They don't even have⟳ to be Communists. I'll try⟳ to clean⟳ out any leftists.””

“He'd be on her ass in a microsecond, revoke her letters testamentary, they'd call⟳ her names, proclaim her through all Orange County as a redistributionist and pinko, slip⟳ the old man from Warpe, Wistfull, Kubitschek and McMingus in as administrator de bonis non and so much baby for code, constellations, shadow-legatees.”

“Until society collectively starts using terminology like⟳ this effectively, all you'll end⟳ up with is a bunch of Commie Pinkos Stinking^([sic]) up parks around the country "Occupying" without a clear goal or message.”

“Kelly reassures his readers that the people who run⟳ this emerging economy are not left-wing in any traditional sense⟳. They are “more likely to be libertarians than commie pinkos,” he explains.”

“Almost 10 years ago I made a documentary called Inside Child Poverty. Some people (largely members of John Key’s government) got very angry with me. I was a left wing pinko journo making this stuff up in an election year.”

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