What other names could a team use if they realize it’s time to give up calling themselves the “Redskins”? Also, what should we call those people who don’t turn left as as soon as the traffic light goes green? Plus, the...
After typing Are you shining me on? Wendy in Aloha, Oregon, wondered whether shine might carry the same sting as an offensive racial slur. In this use, to shine someone on means to bluff, delude, fool, or sometimes ignore, and it appears to be...
In 2008, is using the term jive turkey politically incorrect, or just a little dorky-sounding? A Las Vegas schoolteacher jokingly used it with her students, then had second thoughts. Grant sets her mind at ease. This is part of a complete episode...
handkerchief head n.— «New York Rep. Gregory Meeks, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, told Harold Ickes, “You don’t understand what it’s like. We get called “house Negro” and “handkerchief head” by...
quotenneger n.— «There’s even a derogatory term for the black token character on every show from the US here in germany. It’s “Quotenneger” which basically can be translated into “Rating-N(word).”» —“Study...