language shaming
Mocking someone's speech
Language shaming is criticizing or mocking someone for how they speak or write—their accent, grammar, vocabulary, or dialect.
It often targets non-native speakers, regional dialects, or informal usage: She faced language shaming for her Southern accent, Language shaming immigrants for their English is xenophobic.
The term frames such criticism as a form of prejudice rather than legitimate correction.
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- accentRegional speech pattern
- thick accentPronounced regional inflection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- proper EnglishCorrect, formal language usage
dialect · ridicule · prejudice · discrimination · elitism · slang · correction · humiliation · immigrant · pronunciation · broken English · snobbery · bullying · vernacular · stigma · code-switching · native · foreign
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