What is another word for greaseball?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈiːsbɔːl] (IPA)

Greaseball is an insulting word commonly used to describe someone of Italian descent, or someone who has an excessive amount of oily or greasy hair. While such derogatory terms are harmful and offensive, it's important to know the alternatives and more appropriate ways to refer to someone. Alternative synonyms for the term greaseball include oily, slick, oily-haired, grease monkey, and slick back. Some other phrases that can be used to describe an individual with oily hair or skin are "oily scalp," "oily complexion," and "oily appearance." Remember that labels like greaseball and other derogatory terms are hurtful and discriminatory. It's crucial to be respectful and use language that is inclusive and respectful to all individuals regardless of their background or physical appearance.

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Famous quotes with Greaseball

  • She had complained for years about living with his mother and Ronnie and about his dead-end job babysitting these pathetic dysfunctionals, boosting his own ego at their expense, caring more about them than he did about his own wife and children, but what it boiled down to in his baffled mind was something she once shouted, her green eyes bright as broken glass in her reddened face: Too small. As if being a greaseball lawyer's input organiser and easy lay was bigger. But the size of a life is how you feel about it.
    John Updike

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