[WikiEN-l] perjorative terms under [[WP:LIVING]] in article lead

[Steve Bennett]

On 8/23/06, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> It was once pointed out to me that, pedantically speaking, pejorative implies position B in an A/B pair, where the denotation is roughly the same but the connotation is that B is worse. Or something.  Well, it wasn't explained like that, but 'pejorative' once was like a worse type of comparative.

Presumably it comes from the latin 'peior' "worse". I'm not convinced
that etymology helps solves arguments though...:)

Steve