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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
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james_s:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on July 19, 2020, 03:05:28 am ---Ditto for 'rosbif' and I expect an outcry and complete ban on that too. Hereinafter referred to as the r-word.

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I must have missed the memo, what is a rosbif? Did you just make that up or does it actually mean something? A word has to attain widespread meaning and use before it can be considered widely offensive.

I don't think we need to "ban" any words, but I think it's reasonable to take a dim view of people using certain ones that have no purpose beyond offending people. I'm not going to advocate fining someone or throwing them in jail for saying any word but I'm not likely to hang out with someone who has a habit of using the N word, regardless of their race.
PlainName:
It's what the frogsFrench call the English, 'roast beefs' in the parlance:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2913151.stm

That article is actually pretty relevant, noting how the term came about inoffensively and then got used as an insult.
james_s:
That just makes me hungry, I love roast beef.
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 19, 2020, 03:42:35 am ---That just makes me hungry, I love roast beef.

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In Japan, a waiter was trying to tell me about a lost beef. I wondered why they didn't keep it tied up.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on July 19, 2020, 03:05:28 am ---
--- Quote ---the "N-word" has no other meaning that I'm aware of
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Ditto for 'rosbif' and I expect an outcry and complete ban on that too. Hereinafter referred to as the r-word.

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Ditto "grockle" and the French equivalent "homard". Both are pejorative, the latter directly relates to colour.
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