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pinko

UK/ˈpɪŋkəʊ/ US/ˈpɪŋkoʊ/ uncommon informal us

noun

1.

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

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Origin

From pink + -o, a variation of red (“Communist”, noun), as pink is a lighter, more diluted form.

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