mudslinging

Slovak translation: očierňovanie

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English term or phrase:mudslinging
Slovak translation:očierňovanie

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17:39 Dec 29, 2009
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Social Sciences - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: mudslinging
Definition from The Washington Post:
A personal attack made by one candidate or campaign against another.

Example sentence(s):
  • Mudslinging goes wrong when it is used indiscriminately and becomes noise that few listen to and most condemn. Mudslinging
  • This year hasn't seen that level of mudslinging, but the tone of the race is undeniably more negative than in the states that came earlier on the calendar. CBS News
  • Enough political mudslinging can lead to a candidate dropping out of the race, especially if his or her family is being viciously attacked. Political mudslinging can become so ugly that is can cause a potential nominee to lose favor with his or her political party. WiseGEEK
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4 +2očierňovanie
Linda Vakermanova
4kydanie špiny (okydávanie špinou)
Slavomir BELIS


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očierňovanie


Definition from own experience or research:
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Example sentence(s):
  • Prezidentskej kampani dominuje najmä očierňovanie. - Hospodárske noviny online  
  • Za nekorektný a nedôveryhodný označil dnes podpredseda Strany demokratickej ľavice (SDĽ) Róbert Fico spôsob, akým premiér Vladimír Mečiar očierňuje prezidentského kandidáta SDĽ Petra Tomku. V liste Fico vyzval premiéra, aby priamo oznámil, že nechce, aby bol zvolený prezident, alebo uviedol konkrétne dôvody odmietnutia vhodného kandidáta. - Mesto.sk  
  • Podľa New York Times však poradcovia všetkých kampaní priznali, že v najbližších dňoch sa môžu dostať k slovu aj špinavosti a negatívna kampaň. Denník Washington Post informoval, že viacero skupín a organizácií na demokratickej aj republikánskej strane už vyhradili desaťtisíce dolárov na očierňovanie kandidátov v televízii a letákoch. - SME.sk  

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kydanie špiny (okydávanie špinou)


Definition from own experience or research:
kydať špinu na niekoho - hanobiť, znevažovať (koho)

Example sentence(s):
  • Odstavíme vás od účinných liekov, od diagnostických a terapeutických výkonov, urobíme z vás dispečerov a potom budeme na vás kydať špinu. - Pravda  

Explanation:
Na slovenskom webe to má tisíce výsledkov.
Slavomir BELIS
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Local time: 19:25
Native speaker of: Slovak
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