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Comment on What's the most offensive word I can use that isn't a slur?
Widdershins@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Niggard/niggardly sounds like a really, really, awful choice for a word to describe someone cheap like Scrooge. It’s not a slur it just sounds way too much like one. The use of the word is controversial despite the only connection the two words share is how they sound.
I wouldn’t use the word around people though. Explaining how a word that sounds racist isn’t racist makes you appear to be more racist. It isn’t a slur but gets treated as if it was one.
✓ quite offensive ✓ not a slur X you probably still shouldn’t use it
minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This essentially sums up cutting education and ramping propaganda.
50shadesofautism@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
It could be argued that the term comes from racist roots and therefore using it is racist.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
You could argue that if you make up the argument I guess.
rat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
The only reason people use this word is because it sounds like the slur. If you’re choosing words just so you can say “Actually, it’s technically not a slur,” you’re just being racist.