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WingU-Conn said:
I asked him a question. I didn't go on a rant and call him names. I didn't respond with hatred or anger. I asked him a question. Usually when someone asks a question, it is a clear signal that they are confused about something.

I wasn't the only one who was taken aback by a word that is used about as often as floccinaucinihilipilification. Which coincidentally describes how many times you've been laid. How else could you have gotten the way you are.

Not sure what floccinaucinihilipilification means?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=floccinaucinihilipilification
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LOL. You tried to undermine a poster by implying he is a racist, and get totally busted because of your ignorance of the etymology of the word. The right thing to do in this situation is to simply admit you were wrong.

Or, you could try to deflect by attacking me.
 
MattMang23 said:
I got a "D" on my first thesis paper as a freshman at UConn because my argument was that "if something isn't meant to be offensive, then it isn't offensive." That idea completely disregards the possibility that other people still may actually be offended, rightfully or wrongfully...

That being said, it doesn't take more than 15 seconds to open dictionary.com and search the word.
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Do I get to play this game? I find the term "Yankees" offensive because I have Dutch ancestry.
 
JaYnYcE said:
Stingy or niggardly, that cracker knew exactly what he was doing when he chose which word to use on a public message board.

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The term "cracker" is offensive, and you knew it when you posted it. You may be trying to be ironic or provocative, but you aren't clever enough to pull either off, so you are just being offensive.
 
JaYnYcE said:
Stingy or niggardly, that cracker knew exactly what he was doing when he chose which word to use on a public message board.

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I hope someday you'll realize how sad it is that this is your view of this situation. You're really that defensive?

I would bet anything Rumrunner didn't think twice about using the word niggardly, because it's a legitimate word. I've never in my life heard someone take offense to it - I'm astonished really.
 
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I don't know why everyone is so up in arms, the term cracker means braggart.


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nelsonmuntz said:
The term "cracker" is offensive, and you knew it when you posted it. You may be trying to be ironic or provocative, but you aren't clever enough to pull either off, so you are just being offensive.
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Sticks and stones, you're the same person who believes everyone is laughing with you on this beg harder kick. As always, you're arrogance not only shows you're stupidity, you're not clever enough to know when you're being made fun of.


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UCHuskies08 said:
I hope someday you'll realize how sad it is that this is your view of this situation. You're really that defensive?

I would bet anything Rumrunner didn't think twice about using the word niggardly, because it's a legitimate word. I've never in my life heard someone take offense to it - I'm astonished really.
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The term is a legitimate word. No one is saying otherwise. My personal opinion, a word that has that word in it should be avoided on a message board. In the context of the discussion, he wasn't being racist I know that. Like others, I looked up the word too. Freedom of speech is one thing, but sensitivity with a collective group of people is another. Stingy would have been understood.


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I should have stopped after page 2, but I kept going through them to see if there was another ACC post......... 6 pages of debating a word is sad.
 
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fortebleedsblue said:
I should have stopped after page 2, but I kept going through them to see if there was another ACC post......... 6 pages of debating a word is sad.
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To be fair about it, pages used to be 20 posts long, and now appear to be only 10. Why the switch anyways?
 
JaYnYcE said:
The term is a legitimate word. No one is saying otherwise. My personal opinion, a word that has that word in it should be avoided on a message board. In the context of the discussion, he wasn't being racist I know that. Like others, I looked up the word too. Freedom of speech is one thing, but sensitivity with a collective group of people is another. Stingy would have been understood.
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Niggard doesn't the other word in it. It's got a separate word history, etc. It's further away from the n-word than "nagger" is. Are we not allowed to call someone a nagger, or should people get offended if we do?

JaYnYcE said:
I don't know why everyone is so up in arms, the term cracker means braggart.
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The fundamental difference between "niggard" and "cracker" is that there is no connection between "niggard" and its pejorative counterpart, etymologically or otherwise. "Cracker" is obviously related, semantically and etymologically, to its pejorative counterpart. While the OED does give your definition, 1746 is the most recent recorded usage. It is not a familiar definition. Whereas, in a context completely unrelated to racial issues, someone uses "niggard," people probably shouldn't read into the racial issues. Clear from context. Same with cracker. But in a discussion about racial implications of a word, to use cracker is of a different order.

I don't care that you used it except that you are trying to equate using a clearly pejorative term to someone else using one that is clearly not. The implications of your offense suggest that we shouldn't refer to our head as a "noggin" nor call an annoying person a "nagger."
 
fortebleedsblue said:
I should have stopped after page 2, but I kept going through them to see if there was another ACC post......... 6 pages of debating a word is sad.
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You are right. I fully agree with you. But, of course, I couldn't help myself.
 
Sensitivity to others, that's all. Stingy would have been easier on the eyes. That fact that multiple people admitted to having to go to a dictionary shows that this isn't a common word that everyone is used to hearing.

People wont understand where Im coming from and thats ok. You probably won't, or ever will. Is it a coincidence that the people who
questioned the use of the word just happened to be black?


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All I'm taking away from this is that thanks to someone using an unusual word, I have grown my vocabulary. Aint nothin wrong with that
 
JaYnYcE said:
Sticks and stones, you're the same person who believes everyone is laughing with you on this beg harder kick. As always, you're arrogance not only shows you're stupidity, you're not clever enough to know when you're being made fun of.


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Lighten up, Janice.
Learn your "you're, your, and yore", when you're insulting someone's intelligence.
 
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businesslawyer said:
Wasn't this post about something at some point?
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Depends on the meaning of point, doesn't it. We've gone from global human behavior to local human behavior. I think we get the understanding about why conferences have problems.
 
I typed that after waking up from a sleep induced coma from eating turkey, give me a break.

And what's with the grammar police Webster? I notice it alot on northern message boards, is that a northeast thing? Do you feel smarter now? I'm happy for you.


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