Poll: Do you find the word Niggardly offensive

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Atrail

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I have been reading Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy.
He uses it several times and I always laugh.
It doesn't bother me and it actually seems quite useful...

Main Entry: nig·gard·ly
Pronunciation: -lE
Function: adjective
Date: 1571
1 : grudgingly mean about spending or granting : BEGRUDGING
2 : provided in meanly limited supply
 
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CPA

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No, because it is not an offensive word. It's usually thought of in that context because the listener doesn't have a clue of what it means, only assumes it has to do something with race.
 
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freebee

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It doesn't matter if its offensive...its like the word "fluctuations".....its offensive to asians cause it sounds like it means something bad.
 
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Fausto

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Of course not. That's like being offended by someone's Shitzu dog or a vase of pussywillows by the front door. The origins of this word far predate the "N Word" as a racial epithet.
 
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ggavinmoss

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Wow, ANOTHER discussion of this word? I'm bored already.

I'm not offended by it, but people who use it BECAUSE it sounds like certain epithets are jerkoffs.

-geoff
 
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tk149

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Originally posted by: freebee
It doesn't matter if its offensive...its like the word "fluctuations".....its offensive to asians cause it sounds like it means something bad.
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Took me a few seconds...LOL!

 
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Kadarin

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Originally posted by: CPA
No, because it is not an offensive word. It's usually thought of in that context because the listener doesn't have a clue of what it means, only assumes it has to do something with race.
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The sad thing is when you dig through Google and find actual news stories where people were forced to apologize for using the word. What are we becoming as a society when it becomes "offensive" to use a legitimate word with legitimate meaning, that sounds something like a racial slur? Pathetic, I call it..
 
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brunswickite

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Originally posted by: freebee
It doesn't matter if its offensive...its like the word "fluctuations".....its offensive to asians cause it sounds like it means something bad.
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haha tahts awesome
 
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Fausto

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Heh....I use it a lot.

I like getting weird looks from stupid people.
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What about stupid looks from weird people? I really enjoy those....
 
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AlienCraft

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Originally posted by: GermyBoy
Originally posted by: XZeroII
If Niglet is an offensive word, then Niggardly is too.
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Then why is 'tar baby' a socially acceptable word?
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:Q SAY WHAT?!?!! :disgust:
NO way you would call anyone that!
Would you?:confused:
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Viper GTS

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It has a clear, distinct meaning, & has absolutely no racial connotations.

I have no problem whatsoever with it.

Viper GTS
 
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Vette73

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The school that happened at is in my town Wilmington NC. The mother went on National TV and showed what a idiot she IS. And of course the white school board put a letter in the teachers file
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Shelly21

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NO...

Also, in order for it to be offensive...someone has to find it offensive...

fact is, some people are offended by it... most... aren't.


What makes a word offensive? by the number of people who find it offensive? or by what it is defined? hmmmm....
 
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