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EnergizedLib

(3,153 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 12:29 AM Sep 2025

It would be the biggest shocker ever to me

If the hard r - the er - *wasn’t* a part of Charlie Kirk’s vocabulary behind closed doors. I’d bet good money on it.

You know which word I’m talking about.

The only respect in which Charlie Kirk deserves to remembered is as an example of how not to live life.

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AZJonnie

(4,024 posts)
2. I think they mean not the pronunciation that end in -a commonly used in-group, but the one that ends in -er
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 02:06 AM
Sep 2025

That isn't so commonly used? I was thinking of an Ice-T song, Straight Up N...

I could be wrong but it makes sense in context.

herding cats

(20,056 posts)
10. You're welcome. It took me a minute to figure it out too.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:06 AM
Sep 2025

The Ice T reference above was my clue in.

niyad

(134,035 posts)
12. I am not familiar with his music, so that was no help. I feel like I
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:11 AM
Sep 2025

need a translator sometimes for contemporary usage. The editor in me cringes frequently.

herding cats

(20,056 posts)
13. I don't understand why not just say N-word?
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:15 AM
Sep 2025

Especially this early when many of us aren't caffeinated properly yet.

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