in a linguistic sense, reappropriation refers to taking a word once used to denigrate a group (a pejorative term or slur) or demographic, and to reclaim it as a term of a pride. The most obvious example of this within the Queer community is the word Queer itself: once used (and in some parts of the word, still is) to insult and humiliate LGBTQIA+ people, it is has been successfully reclaimed to become a prominent and preferred catch-all term for the community; even to the extent of being academic – e.g. Queer literature, Queer film festivals, etc.