Prejudice"Are you prejudiced?" asks StapMyVitals. Have you been a victim of prejudice? Are you a columnist for a popular daily newspaper? Don't bang on about how you never judge people on first impressions - no-one will believe you.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:53)
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So?How many other words do we use that would once have been offensive to a particular group, but which carry none of the original meaning, or where the original meaning isn't actually all that offensive any more?
Bastard
(to a lesser extent) Wanker (hamtoucher, etc.)
Hooligan (possibly originally an anti-Irish slur)
Bugger (derived from the French for Bulgarian, but even without that, mostly used with no reference to actual buggery)
the many people, who despite being entirely unreligious, will still use "Jesus", "Christ" or "For God's sake"
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Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Fri 2 Apr 2010, 14:56,
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