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Banned word of the day!
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Muddy
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UK
Joined: Sep 2015
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25-11-2019, 12:13 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Uppity is not a word I ever use .
I don’t think it has any racist meanings I have never heard that .
I wonder if they are mistaking it for nitty gritty which has connotations to the slave trade .
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Roxy
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Caithness.
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 7,592
25-11-2019, 01:18 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
I think uppity describes her very well, especially if the words wee madam come straight after it.
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Cinderella
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East Anglia, UK
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 6,768
25-11-2019, 01:23 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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I have a word which I find offensive and avoid.
The word is Corbyn.
Ditto.
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Baz46
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Somewhere rural 'out in the sticks', UK
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 4,916
25-11-2019, 01:43 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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Hi
I have a word which I find offensive and avoid.
The word is Corbyn.
Me too on that one swimfeeders, extremely offensive!
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bloggsy
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Hampshire
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 3,013
25-11-2019, 03:36 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Uppity ???? Racist ???? what a load of rubbish
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basser
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ENGLAND
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 10,635
25-11-2019, 04:10 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Urban Dictionary results below...
(1) affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish.
(So whats racist about that ? )
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TessA
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UK
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 21,857
25-11-2019, 04:43 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Originally Posted by
basser
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Urban Dictionary results below...
(1) affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish.
(So whats racist about that ? )
Nothing!
I'd be more upset about it comparing me to Jacob R Mogg!
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Silver Tabby
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God's own county!
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 24,659
25-11-2019, 06:25 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Originally Posted by
Muddy
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Uppity is not a word I ever use .
I don’t think it has any racist meanings I have never heard that .
I wonder if they are mistaking it for
nitty gritty
which has connotations to the slave trade .
Has it?
I never knew that.
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Mups
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Northamptonshire
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 46,083
25-11-2019, 06:34 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
Originally Posted by
Silver Tabby
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Has it?
I never knew that.
Nor me.
Loads of people say "Down to the nitty gritty" and always have done.
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Mups
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Northamptonshire
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25-11-2019, 06:35 PM
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Re: Banned word of the day!
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bloggsy
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Uppity ???? Racist ???? what a load of rubbish
Totally agree, Bloggsy.
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