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Old Wed Apr 04, 2007, 02:04pm
Scrapper1 Scrapper1 is offline
Lighten up, Francis.
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snaqwells
There is precedent for an innocent and accurate term that sounds similar to a politically incorrect phrase damaging someone's reputation.
The first time I heard an older professor use the word "niggardly", I was shocked; until I found out that the dictionary meaning is "stingy". I don't think Packer deserves a whole lot of grief for this.