# pinko
## English
### Etymology

From pink +‎ -o, a variation of red (“Communist”, noun), as pink is a lighter, more diluted form.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɪŋkəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /pɪŋkoʊ/
* Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

pinko (plural pinkos or pinkoes)
* (informal, often derogatory, chiefly US) A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist. [from mid-1930s]
** 1934 October 22, “Gentlemen & Guttersnipes”, in Time Magazine‎, number 17, page 45:At Princeton a lone townsman cried "Down with Mussolini!" in the midst of a reception, was jostled by students, escorted off the campus. At Harvard the pinko National Students League protested to President Conant, but allowed the visitors to tour Cambridge in peace.
** 1947 November 30, Thomas F. Brady, quoting Bryan Foy, “Hollywood Divided”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:“I agree with the decision one hundred per cent,” he said. “And if I find any pinkos that I don't know about on my lot I'll get rid of them if I can. They don't even have to be Communists. I'll try to clean out any leftists.”
** 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 6, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 136:He'd be on her ass in a microsecond, revoke her letters testamentary, they'd call her names, proclaim her through all Orange County as a redistributionist and pinko, slip the old man from Warpe, Wistfull, Kubitschek and McMingus in as administrator de bonis non and so much baby for code, constellations, shadow-legatees.
** 2011 October 24, Archangel Michael, “The 147 Corporations Controlling Most of the Global Economy”, in Slashdot‎:Until society collectively starts using terminology like this effectively, all you'll end up with is a bunch of Commie Pinkos Stinking up parks around the country "Occupying" without a clear goal or message.
** 2014, Astra Taylor, quoting Kevin Kelly, chapter 4, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:Kelly reassures his readers that the people who run this emerging economy are not left-wing in any traditional sense. They are “more likely to be libertarians than commie pinkos,” he explains.
** 2020 December 14, Bryan Bruce, “10 years since the Child Poverty documentary, what’s changed?”, in The Daily Blog‎:Almost 10 years ago I made a documentary called Inside Child Poverty. Some people (largely members of John Key’s government) got very angry with me. I was a left wing pinko journo making this stuff up in an election year.

#### Related terms

* pink
* pinko-grey

#### Translations
### See also

* communist
* red
* socialist

## Finnish
### Etymology

Back-formation from pingottaa (“to stretch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiŋko/, [ˈpiŋko̞]
* Rhymes: -iŋko
* Hyphenation: pin‧ko

### Noun

pinko (informal, derogatory)
* Synonym of hikipinko (“studious student”).
** 2022 June 22, Ulla Järvi, “Kuka selittäisi puritaaneille, että seksistä voi nauttia?”, in Yle‎:Olin koulussa pinko. Todistusnumeroilla oli minulle ennen kaikkea välinearvoa: pääsisin pois tylsästä kirkonkylästä opiskelemaan Tampereelle.I was a swot at school. The grades on my diploma had, above all, a purpose as an instrument: they'd get me out of the boring rural village to study in Tampere.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pinko (Kotus type 1*G/valo, nk-ng gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinkoni
pinkoni
accusative
nom.
pinkoni
pinkoni
gen.
pinkoni
genitive
pinkoni
pinkojeni
partitive
pinkoani
pinkojani
inessive
pingossani
pingoissani
elative
pingostani
pingoistani
illative
pinkooni
pinkoihini
adessive
pingollani
pingoillani
ablative
pingoltani
pingoiltani
allative
pingolleni
pingoilleni
essive
pinkonani
pinkoinani
translative
pingokseni
pingoikseni
abessive
pingottani
pingoittani
instructive
comitative
—pinkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinkosi
pinkosi
accusative
nom.
pinkosi
pinkosi
gen.
pinkosi
genitive
pinkosi
pinkojesi
partitive
pinkoasi
pinkojasi
inessive
pingossasi
pingoissasi
elative
pingostasi
pingoistasi
illative
pinkoosi
pinkoihisi
adessive
pingollasi
pingoillasi
ablative
pingoltasi
pingoiltasi
allative
pingollesi
pingoillesi
essive
pinkonasi
pinkoinasi
translative
pingoksesi
pingoiksesi
abessive
pingottasi
pingoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pinkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinkomme
pinkomme
accusative
nom.
pinkomme
pinkomme
gen.
pinkomme
genitive
pinkomme
pinkojemme
partitive
pinkoamme
pinkojamme
inessive
pingossamme
pingoissamme
elative
pingostamme
pingoistamme
illative
pinkoomme
pinkoihimme
adessive
pingollamme
pingoillamme
ablative
pingoltamme
pingoiltamme
allative
pingollemme
pingoillemme
essive
pinkonamme
pinkoinamme
translative
pingoksemme
pingoiksemme
abessive
pingottamme
pingoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pinkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinkonne
pinkonne
accusative
nom.
pinkonne
pinkonne
gen.
pinkonne
genitive
pinkonne
pinkojenne
partitive
pinkoanne
pinkojanne
inessive
pingossanne
pingoissanne
elative
pingostanne
pingoistanne
illative
pinkoonne
pinkoihinne
adessive
pingollanne
pingoillanne
ablative
pingoltanne
pingoiltanne
allative
pingollenne
pingoillenne
essive
pinkonanne
pinkoinanne
translative
pingoksenne
pingoiksenne
abessive
pingottanne
pingoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pinkoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinkonsa
pinkonsa
accusative
nom.
pinkonsa
pinkonsa
gen.
pinkonsa
genitive
pinkonsa
pinkojensa
partitive
pinkoaan pinkoansa
pinkojaan pinkojansa
inessive
pingossaan pingossansa
pingoissaan pingoissansa
elative
pingostaan pingostansa
pingoistaan pingoistansa
illative
pinkoonsa
pinkoihinsa
adessive
pingollaan pingollansa
pingoillaan pingoillansa
ablative
pingoltaan pingoltansa
pingoiltaan pingoiltansa
allative
pingolleen pingollensa
pingoilleen pingoillensa
essive
pinkonaan pinkonansa
pinkoinaan pinkoinansa
translative
pingokseen pingoksensa
pingoikseen pingoiksensa
abessive
pingottaan pingottansa
pingoittaan pingoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pinkoineen pinkoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* hikipinko

#### See also

* pinkopahvi

### Further reading

* “pinko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* kipon, kopin, pokin