Fuck and shit just ain't cutting it anymore.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

Niggard/niggardly sounds like a really, really, awful choice for a word to describe someone cheap like Scrooge. It's not a slur it just sounds way too much like one. The use of the word is controversial despite the only connection the two words share is how they sound.

I wouldn't use the word around people though. Explaining how a word that sounds racist isn't racist makes you appear to be more racist. It isn't a slur but gets treated as if it was one.

✓ quite offensive

✓ not a slur

X you probably still shouldn't use it

  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments