mudslinging

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mudslinging

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From mud + slinging.

noun mudslingings

  1. uncountable, usually Casting aspersions with intent to discredit. The campaign degenerated into mutual mudslinging, each candidate trying to tarnish the other's reputation and looking bad in the process.

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noun casting aspersions to discredit

Españolinjuriamiento
DeutschSchlammschlacht
Ελληνικάλασπολογία laspología

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@misc{mudslinging_2026,
  title = {mudslinging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mudslinging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}