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Re: Who on Earth would BUY that?

Posted by Tabernacles E. Townsfolk (@billstrudel) on Oct. 20, 2025, 10:08 a.m.

I looked it up and by a fairly recent edition of a major dictionary, whether British or American, which does make a difference, “nigger” in this sense isn’t even marked as offensive while the n-word definitions are marked as extremely so. That was like 30 years ago so the distinction has probably been steamrolled since 1972. I blame the N-Word of the Narcissus.