Quotes About Epithet

Let's see," mused the dragon, "that doesn't tell us much, does it? What sort of a word is this? Is it an epithet, do you think?" Gawaine could do no more than nod. "Why, of course," exclaimed the dragon, "reactionary Republican.

epithet, n. I think the worst you ever called me was a cunt rag. You mean I'm a tampon? I asked. I'm a tampon for not letting you drive? I laughed. You didn't. At least, not until you sobered up.

The concept of the polemic perhaps was at work in the biblical usage of the divine epithet "I am that I am." The God of Israel employed an originally Egyptian term for Re and Pharaoh to demonstrate that they are not sovereign and all-powerful; they do not run the universe. The name "I am that I am" truly and only belongs to the God of the Hebrews. He uniquely is the eternal, sovereign God of the universe!

The dismissal of our anger as a racial minority is worse than any slur or epithet because it undermines our ability to react to it.