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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt would be the biggest shocker ever to me
If the hard r - the er - *wasnt* a part of Charlie Kirks vocabulary behind closed doors. Id bet good money on it.
You know which word Im 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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It would be the biggest shocker ever to me (Original Post)
EnergizedLib
Sep 2025
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niyad
(133,985 posts)1. No, I don't.
AZJonnie
(3,997 posts)2. I think they mean not the pronunciation that end in -a commonly used in-group, but the one that ends in -er
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.
niyad
(133,985 posts)4. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
EnergizedLib
(3,137 posts)5. That's exactly what I mean
niyad
(133,985 posts)9. Given the responses, it should be clear that you were not clear.
niyad
(133,985 posts)11. I am not familar with his music.
herding cats
(20,056 posts)7. They're referring to the derogatory slur for a black person
The N-word.
niyad
(133,985 posts)8. Thank you. I had no clue what the OP was talking about.
herding cats
(20,056 posts)10. You're welcome. It took me a minute to figure it out too.
The Ice T reference above was my clue in.
niyad
(133,985 posts)12. I am not familiar with his music, so that was no help. I feel like I
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?
Especially this early when many of us aren't caffeinated properly yet.
niyad
(133,985 posts)14. Exactly!
orleans
(37,175 posts)3. sorry, can't crack this code talk you're doing nt
Jacson6
(2,195 posts)6. .-- .... .- - ..--.. (WHAT?) n/t