Definition of "slur" [slur]

• To pronounce indistinctly. (verb-transitive)
• To talk about disparagingly or insultingly. (verb-transitive)
• To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration. (verb-transitive)
• Music To glide over (a series of notes) smoothly without a break. (verb-transitive)
• Music To mark with a slur. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But whatever the current term, it will in time become a pejorative slur, which is why they must keep switching every so often."
• "Yet, more disturbing than the slur is the fact that the leaders of the California chapter of the National Organization of Women still insist on endorsing a man who refers to an intellectual giant, one of the leading entrepreneurs of the 21st century, a renowned and respected women, as a "whore.""
• "The stupidity regarding this coconut slur is that Rubio is certainly not brown on the outside."