commie

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12
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15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒ.mi/
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/ˈkɒ.mi/ · /ˈkɑ.mi/ · /ˈkɔ.mi/

Definition of commie

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (derogatory, slang)A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
    “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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noun

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

adj

  1. (derogatory, not-comparable, slang)Communist.
  2. (derogatory, slang)Communist.

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Etymology

Blend of communist + -ie (diminutive suffix).

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