pinko

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English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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pinko (plural pinkos or pinkoes)

  1. (informal, often derogatory, chiefly US) A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist. [from mid-1930s]
    • 1934 October 22, “Gentlemen & Guttersnipes”, in Time Magazine[1], number 17, page 45:
      At Princeton a lone townsman cried "Down with Mussolini!" in the midst of a reception, was jostled by students, escorted off the campus. At Harvard the pinko National Students League protested to President Conant, but allowed the visitors to tour Cambridge in peace.
    • 1947 November 30, Thomas F. Brady, quoting Bryan Foy, “Hollywood Divided”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      “I agree with the decision one hundred per cent,” he said. “And if I find any pinkos that I don't know about on my lot I'll get rid of them if I can. They don't even have to be Communists. I'll try to clean out any leftists.”
    • 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 6, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 136:
      He'd be on her ass in a microsecond, revoke her letters testamentary, they'd call her names, proclaim her through all Orange County as a redistributionist and pinko, slip the old man from Warpe, Wistfull, Kubitschek and McMingus in as administrator de bonis non and so much baby for code, constellations, shadow-legatees.
    • 2011 October 24, Archangel Michael, “The 147 Corporations Controlling Most of the Global Economy”, in Slashdot[3]:
      Until society collectively starts using terminology like this effectively, all you'll end up with is a bunch of Commie Pinkos Stinking[sic] up parks around the country "Occupying" without a clear goal or message.
    • 2014, Astra Taylor, quoting Kevin Kelly, chapter 4, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
      Kelly reassures his readers that the people who run this emerging economy are not left-wing in any traditional sense. They are “more likely to be libertarians than commie pinkos,” he explains.
    • 2020 December 14, Bryan Bruce, “10 years since the Child Poverty documentary, what’s changed?”, in The Daily Blog[4]:
      Almost 10 years ago I made a documentary called Inside Child Poverty. Some people (largely members of John Key’s government) got very angry with me. I was a left wing pinko journo making this stuff up in an election year.
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Finnish

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Etymology

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Back-formation from pingottaa (to stretch).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpiŋko/, [ˈpiŋko̞]
  • Rhymes: -iŋko
  • Syllabification(key): pin‧ko

Noun

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pinko (informal, derogatory)

  1. Synonym of hikipinko (studious student).
    • 2022 June 22, Ulla Järvi, “Kuka selittäisi puritaaneille, että seksistä voi nauttia?”, in Yle[5]:
      Olin koulussa pinko. Todistusnumeroilla oli minulle ennen kaikkea välinearvoa: pääsisin pois tylsästä kirkonkylästä opiskelemaan Tampereelle.
      I was a swot at school. The grades on my diploma had, above all, a purpose as an instrument: they'd get me out of the boring rural village to study in Tampere.

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Inflection of pinko (Kotus type 1*G/valo, nk-ng gradation)
nominative pinko pingot
genitive pingon pinkojen
partitive pinkoa pinkoja
illative pinkoon pinkoihin
singular plural
nominative pinko pingot
accusative nom. pinko pingot
gen. pingon
genitive pingon pinkojen
partitive pinkoa pinkoja
inessive pingossa pingoissa
elative pingosta pingoista
illative pinkoon pinkoihin
adessive pingolla pingoilla
ablative pingolta pingoilta
allative pingolle pingoille
essive pinkona pinkoina
translative pingoksi pingoiksi
abessive pingotta pingoitta
instructive pingoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pinko (Kotus type 1*G/valo, nk-ng gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pinkoni pinkoni
accusative nom. pinkoni pinkoni
gen. pinkoni
genitive pinkoni pinkojeni
partitive pinkoani pinkojani
inessive pingossani pingoissani
elative pingostani pingoistani
illative pinkooni pinkoihini
adessive pingollani pingoillani
ablative pingoltani pingoiltani
allative pingolleni pingoilleni
essive pinkonani pinkoinani
translative pingokseni pingoikseni
abessive pingottani pingoittani
instructive
comitative pinkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pinkosi pinkosi
accusative nom. pinkosi pinkosi
gen. pinkosi
genitive pinkosi pinkojesi
partitive pinkoasi pinkojasi
inessive pingossasi pingoissasi
elative pingostasi pingoistasi
illative pinkoosi pinkoihisi
adessive pingollasi pingoillasi
ablative pingoltasi pingoiltasi
allative pingollesi pingoillesi
essive pinkonasi pinkoinasi
translative pingoksesi pingoiksesi
abessive pingottasi pingoittasi
instructive
comitative pinkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pinkomme pinkomme
accusative nom. pinkomme pinkomme
gen. pinkomme
genitive pinkomme pinkojemme
partitive pinkoamme pinkojamme
inessive pingossamme pingoissamme
elative pingostamme pingoistamme
illative pinkoomme pinkoihimme
adessive pingollamme pingoillamme
ablative pingoltamme pingoiltamme
allative pingollemme pingoillemme
essive pinkonamme pinkoinamme
translative pingoksemme pingoiksemme
abessive pingottamme pingoittamme
instructive
comitative pinkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pinkonne pinkonne
accusative nom. pinkonne pinkonne
gen. pinkonne
genitive pinkonne pinkojenne
partitive pinkoanne pinkojanne
inessive pingossanne pingoissanne
elative pingostanne pingoistanne
illative pinkoonne pinkoihinne
adessive pingollanne pingoillanne
ablative pingoltanne pingoiltanne
allative pingollenne pingoillenne
essive pinkonanne pinkoinanne
translative pingoksenne pingoiksenne
abessive pingottanne pingoittanne
instructive
comitative pinkoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pinkonsa pinkonsa
accusative nom. pinkonsa pinkonsa
gen. pinkonsa
genitive pinkonsa pinkojensa
partitive pinkoaan
pinkoansa
pinkojaan
pinkojansa
inessive pingossaan
pingossansa
pingoissaan
pingoissansa
elative pingostaan
pingostansa
pingoistaan
pingoistansa
illative pinkoonsa pinkoihinsa
adessive pingollaan
pingollansa
pingoillaan
pingoillansa
ablative pingoltaan
pingoltansa
pingoiltaan
pingoiltansa
allative pingolleen
pingollensa
pingoilleen
pingoillensa
essive pinkonaan
pinkonansa
pinkoinaan
pinkoinansa
translative pingokseen
pingoksensa
pingoikseen
pingoiksensa
abessive pingottaan
pingottansa
pingoittaan
pingoittansa
instructive
comitative pinkoineen
pinkoinensa

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