Using the term "niggardly"

[geno]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I consider that word to be an idiot test. Use it kind of like Lysol - The more the better.

Viper GTS

True, it's like bait for the ignorant.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I consider that word to be an idiot test. Use it kind of like Lysol - The more the better.

Viper GTS

True, it's like bait for the ignorant.

still likely to cause a riot or a punch to the face if used in the wrong setting

 

[Eeezee]

It's very insensitive! You should really refrain from using it. How would you like it if I started calling you stingy???

 

[dbk]

That got some government official fired in DC.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: preslove
Well, my idiot cousins just stared at me with their mouths open because they only knew the slur, and not the word that they should have learned in school. I literally didn't understand why they were looking at me like that & only realized what was going when my 80 year old grandfather in an exasperated tone explained to them what a dike is.

It's interesting how this happens. It's the same concept as how young people believe the real spelling of "ludicrous" is "ludacris", because that's how they learned it.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I'm gonna have to use it more often now - I'll make sure to throw it into a paper somehow.

 

[Squisher]

I use it all the time around people both black and white that I'm sure understand the meaning.

My friends that are black know I'm just pushing their buttons. Don't worry, I take as well as I give, and I seem to take an awful lot. I wonder why? 😉