the contempt atlas

A century of looking down

When each contempt term entered the language and how its usage rose and fell. Drag the scrubber; click a term for its full profile.

⚠ Illustrative fixture data — not findings

196019701980199020002010
196020152015
  1. 1hillbilly◆ real1.38
  2. 2deplorables◆ real1.37
  3. 3hipster◆ real1.35
  4. 4redneck◆ real1.26
  5. 5yuppie◆ real1.25
  6. 6avocado toast◆ real1.24
  7. 7flyover country◆ real1.20
  8. 8valley girl◆ real1.19
  9. 9latte liberal◆ real1.15
  10. 10bitter clinger◆ real1.14
  11. 11white trash◆ real1.13
  12. 12coastal elite◆ real1.12

Frequency from Google Books Ngrams (book-register, English-wide, through 2019) — historical shape, not contemporary or US-only.

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