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View Poll Results: What should replace the word "wigger"?
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"Nogro"
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"Watercolored"
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"Hizonky"
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Other (please specify below)
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I have no problem with the word "wigger"
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Banana, whatever that means in this context
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January 9, 2004, 12:44
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A question of political correctness
For years, we have referred to white people who impersonate black culture to comical effect under the mistaken impression that it makes them look cool as "wiggers." At least, that's what we call them in my area. Problem is, that particular name is obviously based on a certain word which implies that there is something wrong with being black for real, not just with pretending to be black in a revolting attempt to leech off pop-culture appeal from a minority.
We need some handy way to refer to "wiggers," though, because there can be no denying that such people deserve to be pointed and laughed at. To that end, I've thought of a few alternatives. Feel free to add suggestions of your own.
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January 9, 2004, 12:49
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I have no problem with the word wigger, besides that it sounds really stupid.
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January 9, 2004, 12:51
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I have no problem with wigger or any of its variants, like jigger.
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January 9, 2004, 13:05
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I always thought a wigger was a Japanese guy on a sailing-ship.
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January 9, 2004, 13:07
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Soon as black folks stop calling each other -igger, I'll be all for it.
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January 9, 2004, 13:09
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Another PC issue is that people are seemingly afraid of saying or writing "nigger", even when the word isn't thrown at anybody but merely talked about. It's just like when people use the term "four-letter-words" when they're talking about foul language or the fact that said words are edited out of American TV shows.
It's strange to think there are words you can't use in a context where it's made clear you condemn everything they stand for. Along with several others of your significant PC issues, this is something which is difficult to understand from an outsider perspective.
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January 9, 2004, 13:09
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I always thought a wigger was a Japanese guy on a sailing-ship.
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That's a ligger...
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January 9, 2004, 13:12
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Ah, silly me.
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January 9, 2004, 13:14
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"watercolored"
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January 9, 2004, 13:28
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Who about an "Eeminem"
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January 9, 2004, 19:25
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Originally posted by Monk
Another PC issue is that people are seemingly afraid of saying or writing "nigger", even when the word isn't thrown at anybody but merely talked about.
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I understand your point completely, and in theory I agree with you. However, that word is one of the very few (if not the only) word(s) I will not say. It just sounds dirty in my mouth. I don't like the word.. I also avoid using the word "abaft" (behind in Naval termonology) because I don't like the way that it sounds.
I suppose I could rationalize it with "the only purpose the word serves is negative (even when referring to it out of context, you're referring to the word that is used negatively) blah blah." Really, I just don't like the word.
Good call, though :-)
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January 9, 2004, 19:29
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Down white boys.
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January 9, 2004, 20:24
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Soon as black folks stop calling each other -igger, I'll be all for it
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i didnt know they called each other dash igger.
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January 9, 2004, 20:57
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To be totally "correct" , wouldn't it be Pigmentally Challenged?
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January 9, 2004, 21:07
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
To be totally "correct" , wouldn't it be Pigmentally Challenged?
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January 9, 2004, 21:12
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"Idiot".
"Bandwagon-Junkie".
"Smeghead."
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January 12, 2004, 12:39
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Smeghead is insensitive to white girls who choose to act black. Sorry.
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January 12, 2004, 12:51
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You guys realize that wigger is just nigger with the N being replaced by a W.
How is it not ok to call a black person a nigger, but it is ok to call a white person who "acts black" a wigger? Wigger is more of an insult to black people than it is to whites because it implies that they are "acting beneath" themselves.
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January 12, 2004, 12:53
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Which, of course, is the purpose of this poll. I'm supposed to be impartial, seeing as I started it, but I'm inclined to really like "watercolored" too.
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January 12, 2004, 13:00
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Wigger? Is that a follower of wiglaf?
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January 12, 2004, 13:00
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Originally posted by Elok
Which, of course, is the purpose of this poll. I'm supposed to be impartial, seeing as I started it, but I'm inclined to really like "watercolored" too.
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I know, but I don't think white kids should be forced to redefine themselves racially just because they choose to act or talk in a certain way.
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January 12, 2004, 13:00
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The racist undertones in this thread are alarming.
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January 12, 2004, 13:08
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Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn
You guys realize that wigger is just nigger with the N being replaced by a W.
How is it not ok to call a black person a nigger, but it is ok to call a white person who "acts black" a wigger? Wigger is more of an insult to black people than it is to whites because it implies that they are "acting beneath" themselves.
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Best post yet.
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January 12, 2004, 21:41
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Originally posted by Elok
Smeghead is insensitive to white girls who choose to act black. Sorry.
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smegma
- A sebaceous secretion, especially the cheesy secretion that collects under the prepuce or around the clitoris.
- The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants.
- The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.
Nah, everyone's covered.
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January 12, 2004, 22:11
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- The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.
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Ick. Makes me glad I don't have a foreskin.
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January 12, 2004, 23:34
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Originally posted by GePap
I have no problem with the word wigger, besides that it sounds really stupid.
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