taking it back


the act of neutralizing a pejorative term, frequently a racial or gender-based slur, by applying it to oneself voluntarily, for example the use of the term n-gg- or dyk- within the african-american and lesbian communities, respectively.
i was surprised that he called himself a f-g, but he explained he was taking it back.

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