FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat innocent word sounds like a slur?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareWhat innocent word sounds like a slur?FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareWiddershins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-22 months 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-squareAceFuzzLord@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoAdd an “s” in front of the n-word and it apparently becomes a synonym for snicker. Crazy stuff.
minus-squareHodrobond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months 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.
Add an “s” in front of the n-word and it apparently becomes a synonym for snicker. Crazy stuff.
I have a niggling feeling there are more of these words
Like chigger