Commie
(ˈkɒmɪ)
Also Commy, c-.
[See -ie.]
Slang abbrev. of communist. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. Commo.
| 1940 G. Marx Let. 12 June (1967) 21, I see Bund members dropping down my chimney, Commies under my bed. 1949 Word Study May 4/2 A liberal is a man who is constantly and simultaneously being kicked in the teeth by the commies and in the pants by the National Association of Manufacturers. 1951 Spectator 16 Nov. 684/2 How refreshing to be back with a simple potential-Fascist-dictator after all the Commies of the more serious books. 1952 Time 28 Apr. 34 You hear the Commie line in every coffee house and bar. 1955 D. Cory Phoenix Sings iv. 73 You weren't a Commie in those days. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iii. 59 We were discussing Malraux... There was an American there who knew him in his Commie days. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate i. 13 After all, one might speak in that manner of the Wogs or the Commies. |