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"Niggardly" isn't a racist term either, but lop off that last syllable and it is.
"The sad fate of George Allen's A-list advisers." Ann Althouse 2006
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"Niggardly" has very different roots than "nigger," and so part of the hue and cry had to do with a sense that people simply weren't being careful enough or -- this was -- this was sort of a-- just an ignorant mistake that people were making.
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Niggardly is one of those words that is far safer to use in print than in speech because there is a record of its use as opposed to a confusingly similar word.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Buddhists and Moslems arm against terrorists: 2009
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No, indeed, reply'd the good Gentlewoman, she is not quite a Stranger to me, for I was heretofore very well acquainted with her Parents, who were really worthy good People; but since the Birth of this Girl, her Father has chang'd his generous beneficent Temper; and as she grew up in Beauty, he grew the more Niggardly; of which I could give you a particular Instance, but shall reserve it to another
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“Niggardly” is a word I hesitate to use – the last time I said it out loud I got some negative feedback.
Waldo Jaquith - Romney blasted for nothing much at all. 2006
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Niggardly: Adjective Petty or reluctant in giving or spending.
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The sign along Highway 99 in Acampo, Calif., switched letters between words to avoid outright profanity, reading: "Obama = Niggardly," "Hurts small biz," "Buck Ofama," with a sign on the side that reads "Gone fish'n."
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The sign along Highway 99 in Acampo, Calif., switched letters between words to avoid outright profanity, reading: "Obama = Niggardly," "Hurts small biz," "Buck Ofama," with a sign on the side that reads "Gone fish'n."
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The sign along Highway 99 in Acampo, Calif., switched letters between words to avoid outright profanity, reading: "Obama = Niggardly," "Hurts small biz," "Buck Ofama," with a sign on the side that reads "Gone fish'n."
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The sign along Highway 99 in Acampo, Calif., switched letters between words to avoid outright profanity, reading: "Obama = Niggardly," "Hurts small biz," "Buck Ofama," with a sign on the side that reads "Gone fish'n."
KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports 2010
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