FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 26 days agoWhat innocent word sounds like a slur?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat innocent word sounds like a slur?FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 26 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareWiddershins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-226 days agoNiggardly/niggard predates the racist slur by quite a while but it still has gotten people in trouble for using it. It has completely different roots not in racism. It just sounds too similar for anyone to use.
minus-squareHodrobond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-225 days agoI have a niggling feeling there are more of these words
Niggardly/niggard predates the racist slur by quite a while but it still has gotten people in trouble for using it. It has completely different roots not in racism. It just sounds too similar for anyone to use.
I have a niggling feeling there are more of these words
Like chigger