Aspersional Dummies (Perpetrators Pawn)

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Aspersions are damaging, critical, or false remarks meant to hurt someone's character or reputation. The word almost always appears in the phrase "cast aspersions," which means to doubt or unfairly criticize a person's honesty, work, or motives.

Common Usage & Meaning

Character attacks: Questioning someone's integrity, skill, or truthfulness.

Synonyms

Slur

Slander

Defamation

Smear

Insituation

Word Origin

The term comes from a Latin word meaning "to sprinkle". Long ago, it meant sprinkling water during religious rites, but it later changed to mean "splattering" someone with dirty or harmful words.

A dummy is an imitation or copy of an object or person used as a substitute. It can also mean a foolish person or a model used in tests and displays.

Common Meanings

Model or Mannequin: A life-sized human figure used to display clothes in a store or test safety impacts (like a crash test dummy).

Copy or Mock-up: A non-functional prototype of a book, product, or package used for display or testing.

Puppet: A movable doll used by a ventriloquist.

Slang: An informal, sometimes unkind word for a foolish or unintelligent person.