pinko

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪŋkəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɪŋkoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ

• Audio (US):

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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.

• pink
• pinko-grey

• communist
• red
• socialist

Back-formation from pingottaa (“to stretch”).

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

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.

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

• pinkopahvi

• “pinko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• kipon, kopin, pokin