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gateley

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10. Haha! I just called my best friend and said "Oooops! Sherrod Brown just said niggardly on MSNBC"!

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 04:17 PM

Mar 2012

Because that's something we just could not get over -- that people became so outraged because they obviously didn't know the meaning of the word. Or they did but just wanted to stir up shit.

"Niggardly" (noun: "niggard&quot

is an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", perhaps related to the Old Norse verb nigla = "to fuss about small matters". It is cognate with "niggling", meaning "petty" or "unimportant", as in "the niggling details".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_%22niggardly%22

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OOOOOPS. Sherrod Brown just said "niggardly" live on MSNBC [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 OP

but, unlike a republic tryingt o be clever, he used it's actual meaning. that said, not a very dionysus Mar 2012 #1

I read the Wikipedia entry on it before posting... Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #3

Happened a while back zipplewrath Mar 2012 #5

If you go to the Wikipedia link above... Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #6

I think you're referring to David Howard RZM Mar 2012 #13

I Swear this word was in my SAT study guides lacrew Mar 2012 #11

The slur and this word have different origins RZM Mar 2012 #16

I am not a linguist, but am a language buff hifiguy Mar 2012 #18

I believe from the German ...as in Schwarzenegger... joeybee12 Mar 2012 #27

I imagine the originator of the N word was some dumbass slaveholder who couldn't pronounce "negro". 11 Bravo Mar 2012 #24

It's my understanding that this word has nothing to do with the 'other' word. onehandle Mar 2012 #2

It doesn't (see above) Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #4

I just really, really do not think people should be penalized for using a legitimate word Chorophyll Mar 2012 #15

Hur hur hur. you said "penal'. Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #19

Heh heh. Yeah. Yeah. Chorophyll Mar 2012 #31

How old are you? I'm almost sixty and grew up hearing the word often enough with, of course, gateley Mar 2012 #12

The word "niggardly" bears no relation to that other word KamaAina Mar 2012 #7

I know...see my other responses in this thread. n/t Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #9

I believe the word means frugal Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2012 #8

It has a more negative connotation than "frugal", but it has nothing to do with race. 11 Bravo Mar 2012 #26

...a guy with short arms and long pockets. nt DocMac Mar 2012 #44

Haha! I just called my best friend and said "Oooops! Sherrod Brown just said niggardly on MSNBC"! gateley Mar 2012 #10

It's got nothing to do with what you think it sounds like. Chorophyll Mar 2012 #14

It's not what "I" think it sounds like...I know exactly what it means...see above. n/t Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #17

So what? RevStPatrick Mar 2012 #20

Here is the definition of the word: WI_DEM Mar 2012 #21

What an Idiot Dirty Socialist Mar 2012 #22

? WI_DEM Mar 2012 #23

?? mitchtv Mar 2012 #29

??? Gold Metal Flake Mar 2012 #30

I guess you just proved the OP's point. Chorophyll Mar 2012 #32

Me thinks you took a left instead of a right golddigger Mar 2012 #33

It has nothing to do with the N word and is not offensive at all. grantcart Mar 2012 #35

He Still Might Get in Trouble Dirty Socialist Mar 2012 #37

Yesterday Martin Bashir said "shitty" while quoting someone else csziggy Mar 2012 #25

Yes, dimwits who don't know what the word means will start to screech about it Warpy Mar 2012 #28

Sorry, Rush, that doesn't compare to calling a private citizen a slut. rocktivity Mar 2012 #34

+1 Rex Mar 2012 #38

You'll only hear about it from ignoramuses who have a limited vocabulary. MrSlayer Mar 2012 #36

It's just an awkward, clumsy word anyway.....I don't know why anyone uses it. marmar Mar 2012 #39

Has Palin demanded he refudiate it yet? JBoy Mar 2012 #40

Proving he's literate? RagAss Mar 2012 #41

Points for naming the first RW propagandist to make this an "issue". baldguy Mar 2012 #42

We don't freakout when people say the word "country" do we? Puzzler Mar 2012 #43

"niggardly" has nothing to do with the N-word. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #45