Dave's Insult/Derogatory terms with meanings from Back In The Day Thread.

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Back in early 90s, my wife and I were recently married with a 6 yr old and a 3 yr old in the mix. We were all at my grandmothers house for lunch one day (she was born in 1918) and some conversation came up about where she got a particular object. She responds “…from the nig__r woman up the street”. Wife’s eyes go as big as saucers. I had to explain that while now that’s not and adjective we use, back in her day it wasn’t derogatory. It was a descriptive word and wasn’t meant as a jab.
 
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GreveHaller said:
Back in early 90s, my wife and I were recently married with a 6 yr old and a 3 yr old in the mix. We were all at my grandmothers house for lunch one day (she was born in 1918) and some conversation came up about where she got a particular object. She responds “…from the nig__r woman up the street”. Wife’s eyes go as big as saucers. I had to explain that while now that’s not and adjective we use, back in her day it wasn’t derogatory. It was a descriptive word and wasn’t meant as a jab.
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My Grandmama used ne*ra.
 
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I have a new derogatory name imma start calling my friends when they get me all excited about something for us to do then bails.

Not so super Dave.
 
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GreveHaller said:
Back in early 90s, my wife and I were recently married with a 6 yr old and a 3 yr old in the mix. We were all at my grandmothers house for lunch one day (she was born in 1918) and some conversation came up about where she got a particular object. She responds “…from the nig__r woman up the street”. Wife’s eyes go as big as saucers. I had to explain that while now that’s not and adjective we use, back in her day it wasn’t derogatory. It was a descriptive word and wasn’t meant as a jab.
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In the early 90s I had a sales job. The national sales manager was this near 80 year old good ole boy from Texas. He was telling stories about how to sell things and when he got done he said “now that N-word was the best salesman I ever knew”. “And he was the best employee I ever worked with, that’s why he’s still my right hand man” and introduced the guy to the group.

I remember being dumbfounded by it.
 
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WestTennesseeFox said:
A white person using the N word to describe a black person is not a term of endearment.
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When my oldest son was playing high school football most of his best friends were black. They used the word to describe him and he regularly called them “my N-word “. When I found out I sat the group down,with the help of the coach, and explained while they were ok with it outsiders from the group would not understand and they needed to find another word for the group.
 
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WestTennesseeFox said:
Using the N word as an adjective to describe a person has never been OK and is not the same as the example with your son below.
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I agree that it’s not ok now

But I don’t get to speak for everyone and when you’ve seen a national sales manager do it to a senior VP at a company meeting then there’s probably more than one opinion on this as times have changed.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
I agree that it’s not ok now

But I don’t get to speak for everyone and when you’ve seen a national sales manager do it to a senior VP at a company meeting then there’s probably more than one opinion on this as times have changed.
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It wasn't OK then.
 
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3rd example. I have another friend who is currently the chef at a very high end private school here in Chattanooga. His family moved here when he was in middle school. His first day in school. (He’s my age so we’re talking 1983ish) he bumped shoulders with a guy who said “watch were you’re going N-word “ and he responded “I’m from Italy “ to him that word means someone from Niger 🇳🇪.
Again everything isn’t always absolute.

Like the word “Oriental or Gypsies” both now considered offensive and both used by everyone here at one point or another with zero disrespect intended.
 
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WestTennesseeFox said:
It wasn't OK then.
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I’m sorry but if the people involved don’t have an issue with it then I don’t get to determine what is wrong for them. And neither do you.

You need to keep an eye on that standard. There’s no telling what you have done in this live that you’re children will one day decide you are a horrible person for having been involved and it was never ok.

Context of time and place always matters.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
3rd example. I have another friend who is currently the chef at a very high end private school here in Chattanooga. His family moved here when he was in middle school. His first day in school. (He’s my age so we’re talking 1983ish) he bumped shoulders with a guy who said “watch were you’re going N-word “ and he responded “I’m from Italy “ to him that word means someone from Niger 🇳🇪.
Again everything isn’t always absolute.

Like the word “Oriental or Gypsies” both now considered offensive and both used by everyone here at one point or another with zero disrespect intended.
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Not like the example earlier. Putting it as an adjective to describe someone without them being present is not OK.

A N maid
A N woman
A N driver

None of these are OK. None of these have ever been OK.
 
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WestTennesseeFox said:
Not like the example earlier. Putting it as an adjective to describe someone without them being present is not OK.

A N maid
A N woman
A N driver

None of these are OK. None of these have ever been OK.
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By your standard.
People living in a different time may have a different opinion.

How about “colored” is that always bad?
Before you answer, remember that some black people want to be called “people of color again “


I won’t be condemning an entire previous generation as racist when their actions don’t reflect the charge.
 
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