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Hugh_Lebowski

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8. Gotcha. Making a mental note ... terrible slur to never use ...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 03:47 AM

Apr 2021

Should be pretty easy since I'd never heard it before today, and I'm pretty tired right now, so I'll forget it exists by tomorrow.

But if someone wants to put "Super F'in Hot Programmer, total Yugoslavian American Prince" to caption a picture of me, I'm still open to the idea.

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Full apology from journalist who wrote offensive Asbury Park Press caption [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2021 OP

First thing I learned in journalism: Never put anything in type you don't want to see in print . . . Journeyman Apr 2021 #1

In New Jersey, No Less SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #2

There are a lot of white supremacists in NYC and NJ, esp. on Staten Island. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #6

Yeah, I Forget That NJ Voted In Christie Repeatedly nt SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #9

So I had to look up what the acronym stood for ... taken as a whole, the gist SOUNDS complimentary Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #3

I suggest looking up the term in the Urban Dictionary. TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #4

Ah. Okay. Google came up with a Vox article that said ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #5

The first time that I heard the term was on Saturday Night Live. TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #7

Gotcha. Making a mental note ... terrible slur to never use ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #8