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In addition, it was found that the title used for addressing forms may be used to refer to humiliation. For example:
(A.7) Freddy : Stop causing trouble, you midget.
(A.8) Freddy : How's the weather down there, "Midget"?
(A.9) Freddy : Hey, where's your cane, "Tiny Tim"?
(A.10) Freddy : Stop! We can't call him "midget. " It could traumatize him. Gimme that. In the name of the freakiest thing alive, I baptize you, "Little Boy".
(A.11) Freddy : Stand up, little boy.
(A.12) Freddy : Get off the stage, runt!
Those are the various titles that are given for Pepper by Freddy, his schoolmate. The various forms have similar meaning. Midget means an extremely small person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem (Hornby, 2010,

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