What is Taking It Back?
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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 nigga or dyke within the African-American and lesbian communities, respectively.
I was surprised that he called himself a fag, but he explained he was taking it back.
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Used in an ironic way by a person who views many objects or values produced by society with little value or as throw away, disposable as..
