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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

It's definitely a wild etymology ride, and linguistics is one of my favorite subjects as a layman.

Congrats on your evolution!

I have a friend and his friends who call me by the word, in a friendly way. I don't say it even though I have slave heritage (black grandmother).

And yes fuck censorship.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Speaking of wild etymology, a while ago I learnt that the word "bulldozer" originally meant "a dose of bull-whip", and guess who was the target of said whipping...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Wow.

    This following two are contested. The context is that strong male slaves were often called bucks.

    I have tried to stop saying buck-wild and buck-naked.

    These terms might be US only but they've very common where I live.

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