"If a woman is decisive, if a woman speaks her mind or makes a decision or is direct, they tend to attach labels to that, derogatory labels," she said.

The authorities have been referring to the family as Koranists, a derogatory label in the context of the faith, suggesting allegiance to a cultlike organization.

It originated as a derogatory label for a masculine woman, and this usage is still predominant.

The bill would also ban discrimination against homosexuals, pregnant women and the disabled and bar the malicious use of derogatory labels for blacks and other people of color.

The term Chicano was originally used as a derogatory label for the sons and daughters of Mexican migrants.

The term originates as a derogatory label for a soldier who would not fight but would look good in a uniform, shortened from "Chocolate Cream Soldier".

However, the few Taurus guns actually seen in those days were, indeed, of poor quality, qualifying for the derogatory label "Saturday Night Special".

'That's how I love to see you, Lev - when you talk from the heart, wisely, instead of sticking derogatory labels on to everything.'

This notion is captured in derogatory labels such as machorra and marimacha.

There are too many derogatory labels.