Lake Bell

What I think is sad about the rom-com genre is that it has adopted this pejorative title. I think the reason why there haven't been as many great ones is because we are fighting against the genre itself. If it is a romantic comedy then snuggle up to the fact that it can be a really earnest, refreshing feeling to feel good after a movie.

American Actress

John Ridley

There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below the line' workers - whose only reward is to be pejoratively labeled 'below the line' workers. I say get them all on the next thing smoking to Vegas for an all expense paid weekend of whatever.

American Director

Christopher Nolan

The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started.

British Director

Amy Poehler

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

American Comedian

Josh Gondelman

I think the term 'Twitter comedian' can seem like a pejorative because it's not a job, really, and there's such a low barrier for entry to get started.

American Author

Judy Sheindlin

I resent it when any part of the government refers to people who have money in the pejorative.

American Lawyer

Penelope Keith

I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

British Actress

Michael Steele

You know, conservatism is not a bad thing. It's not a pejorative.

American Politician

Ross Douthat

I don't think of 'heretic' as a pejorative term - necessarily.

Anand Mahindra

The term 'niche' is no longer pejorative.

Indian Businessman

The word 'pejorative' suggests negativity and is used to diminish the subject it describes.

Negative Implication

Some words are pejorative in certain cultures but not in others. It's important to know the cultural context.

Cultural Sensitivity

What is considered pejorative can vary from person to person based on personal feelings or beliefs.

Subjectivity

A pejorative as a noun is a word that carries offensive connotations and can be an insult.

Offensive Nature

Words may become pejorative over time as societal values and language evolve.

Historical Change

Pejorative nouns should be avoided in formal writing or speeches to maintain respect and professionalism.

Avoid in Formality

 a double meaning, which is really appropriate, because it's cheap, in the pejorative sense, as well as inexpensive. But if you take a different approach, and you think of very large-scale integration, very advanced materials, very advanced manufacturing -- so you're pouring chemicals in one end, iPods are spewing out the other --

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 we want to do this differently and the brief was to make it different raw hostile that's the term we came up with visceral granular truth and rather than not sugar-coated because that's a bit unfair and judgmental but or pejorative

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 was even called the Yankee. Over the years, Yankee transformed from a pirate's nickname into a general term of contempt. In 1758, British general James Wolfe used Yankee as a pejorative term for the colonists under his supervision.