Originally, it was used as a demeaning term for Italian Americans in general.

I consider the term 'artificial' both demeaning and incorrect.

Several other demeaning terms have been invented in the hope that the press and public will leave the original sense of the word alone.

Despite the somewhat demeaning term, use a "chicken jibe" in heavier winds, or with inadequate crew or helmsman experience.

Making it acceptable to use demeaning and degrading and totally inaccurate terms to describe a person makes our culture go downhill.

A demeaning term to describe someone who pretends to be of a superior financial/intellectual level than the person really is.

Wagner hails the clown, Robin, with the same demeaning terms, "Sirrah, boy" that he himself objected to from the scholars.

When I was young, the epithet of "boy" was sometimes used as a demeaning term for black men, but we are now living in more enlightened times.

Haplo doesn't give a reason for this change, but it is probable that he agreed with Limbeck that "Geg" was a demeaning term.

Poland entered the Union on demeaning, unequal terms.