Posted on 02/09/2014 10:38:36 AM PST by nickcarraway
sooo... don't call Jews "hook-nosed shifty-eyed Kikes"... when they are just being niggardly, right?
Stupid people aren’t going to look it up. They are simply going to take offense.
I once said in a business meeting that, "I like Condoleeza Rice, she calls a spade a spade." Someone said that was probably a poor phrase to use with her, and it dawned on me that this phrase I'd grown up with in Louisiana had racial overtones.
In fact, there are a lot of phrases I grew up with that I've had to expunge from my vocabulary. And I wouldn't be surprised if I don't still use some that I should have dropped.
Bulletpoints... on the money. Words have meaning. Words make impressions.
Reminds me of David Howard resigning for using the word niggardly. The DC mayor accepted the resignation, then the homosexuals went nuts and the mayor rescinded the resignation.
can't make this stuff up
You can also continue to call an outdoor meal a picnic. A story floating around in recent years that "picnic" has racist origins turns out to be an urban legend.
I love slipping that word in to conversation. The reactions are priceless.
Nah, we just always called my dad an old Scrooge. ;)
weird
your dad was my dad
lol
Haha! Dad really isn’t that bad, but we always liked to kid him when he was trying to save money.
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