#compound perjorative

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Compound pejoratives on Reddit – from <i>buttface</i> to <i>wankpuffin</i>

What can Reddit comment data tell us about the rules governing the formation of insulting compound words like 'fartface', 'scumwad', or 'ass

Wonderful study from 2022 on the use of compound pejoratives on Reddit as well as some discussion of the grammar rules, politics and usage of these flexible little insults. Comes with a great 20x20 matrix of some of the prefixes and suffixes and how common the results are used on Reddit.