commie

¹

or com·my

[ kom-ee ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)

, plural com·mies,

1. communist.

commie

²

[ kom-ee ]

noun

1. a playing marble, especially one not used as a shooter.

commie

/ ˈkɒmɪ /

noun

1. short for communist

Sensitive Note

The shortened and informal term commie has derogatory connotations, whereas the full form communist is merely descriptive. Both terms refer primarily to an advocate of communism, but have been more widely applied to an enemy, a foreigner, or a person regarded as subversive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of commie¹

First recorded in 1935–40; comm(unist) + -ie

Origin of commie²

1920–25; comm(on marble) + -ie

Example Sentences

It was meant to cast her as a commie threat, or socialist, or ... something.

From Los Angeles Times

On the forum, Robinson expressed a loathing of Martin Luther King Jr. that bordered on an obsession, calling him a "commie b*stard" and longing to be in the KKK so he could attack King more robustly.

From Salon

Trump has repeatedly referred to Harris as "Commie" and "Comrade Kamala" in spite of her record and policy positions.

From Salon

Trump, groping for effective avenues of attack and vulnerability against Kamala Harris, is now calling her a “Commie”, a “Marxist” and “Comrade Kamala,” falsely claiming that she wants to impose “Soviet-style price controls” on the American people.

From Salon

Throughout October, brigades of Trumpists with paid-for blue checks—like Dinesh D’Souza and Lara Logan—barraged his replies by calling him a “commie” or a “Nazi” or a “soy boy” or a homophobic slur, even under a campaign video in which Rollins describes a case he’d worked on against a conspiracy-addled train engineer who attempted to destroy a Navy hospital ship.

From Slate