EPITHET

term or words used to characterize a person or thing, often in a disparaging way

a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

descriptive word or phrase

SYN - name

"Beefcake was, sadly, the epithet that was chosen for him."

"He had used the epithet giant to refer to her all night, so when he used her real name no one had known who he was talking about."

"He had not known that this epithet was going to stick with him for the next ten years, but there were worse things to be called them superman."

"He had noticed with these middle-school aged boys that they would talk about each other using harsh words and epithet's usually acting off of their survival of the fittest instinct - his calm "christian nature" made him a weak and easy target - MOM!"