Originally posted by Eirikur
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https://aaregistry.org/story/negro-the-word-a-history/
Despite its a modern attribution to British & Americans it was created by the second group of slavers who bought from Africa the Spanish & Portuguese. As usual with slang and contested words no two cultures agree on its use.
It also an official pencil type
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_(lead_pencil)
Midget literally means smaller than usual, it use with dwarfism is incorrect slang.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/syc-20371969
Do we take every word that has multiple uses, one of which someone may find offensive and ban them?
In this case it sort of makes sense if they want to call them mini gems so as not to offend - why not?
With Negro kisses it definitely makes sense.
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