We're not sure what "dictionary" Miz Paula Smith of Hinesville, Georgia, "reads," but she clearly has Knowledge on her side when she says the n-word "is not racist." Roger Friedman of Forbes got Miz Smith on the tallyphone to ask her why her company, Stickatude, has been selling some perhaps-inelegant bumper stickers that have doubtless been enlivening your MyFace page all week.
Actually, while "Jig" is a slur, "The jig is up" simply means "The dance is over." It's a misunderstanding to suggest the phrase is a slur - although "jig" sure is when used in a racial sense and not a dance.
Remember when "Little Black Sambo" was banned? It's about a boy in India, not Africa. But folks got offended and that was that.
Today I learned they welcome comments... on a dictionary site.
That first response is a thing of beauty. <blockquote>My Webster Dictionary at home defines the term &quot;uncouth&quot;.</blockquote> ...and yet, oddly, the entry for &quot;uncouth&quot; doesn&#039;t seem to acknowledge its past as a <b>noun</b> rather than an adjective.
Louis Armstrong killed the commercial potential for his cover of &quot;Just a Giggolo&quot; when he changed the line to &quot;When the end comes, I know / He was just a Jig I know.&quot;
Radio stations all over America refused to play it.
We can always dream...
Rice?
Huh ... I had no idea that AdBlΓΒ―ck was depriving me of such social opportunities.
Chayefsky.
That speaks very well of you.
Actually, while &quot;Jig&quot; is a slur, &quot;The jig is up&quot; simply means &quot;The dance is over.&quot; It&#039;s a misunderstanding to suggest the phrase is a slur - although &quot;jig&quot; sure is when used in a racial sense and not a dance.
Remember when &quot;Little Black Sambo&quot; was banned? It&#039;s about a boy in India, not Africa. But folks got offended and that was that.
As I recall, she claimed it stood for &quot;Wet Pussy&quot;.
One can certainly hope that the next junkmobile-driving wonketteer will do his/her duty on seeing one.
&quot;I&#039;m the founder, but I&#039;m not a customer.&quot;
Paddy.
Today I learned they welcome comments... on a dictionary site.
That first response is a thing of beauty. <blockquote>My Webster Dictionary at home defines the term &quot;uncouth&quot;.</blockquote> ...and yet, oddly, the entry for &quot;uncouth&quot; doesn&#039;t seem to acknowledge its past as a <b>noun</b> rather than an adjective.
It&#039;s what they got. Freedom of Choice. It&#039;s what they want.
not lowdown, lazy, sorry, lowdown people?
Sorry to burst your paint ball, but that&#039;s water-based. That&#039;s why you can wash it off after an afternoon battling it out.
Like &quot;Arab?&quot;
As articulate as a South Carolina beauty queen.
Louis Armstrong killed the commercial potential for his cover of &quot;Just a Giggolo&quot; when he changed the line to &quot;When the end comes, I know / He was just a Jig I know.&quot;
Radio stations all over America refused to play it.