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Categories: English words, Linguistic controversies, English words and phrases, Political correctness-related controversies, Wikipedia pages move-protected due to vandalism
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Controversies about the word niggardly  cheapskate  miser  niggard
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In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against Black people. Wikipedia
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In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against Black people. Wikipedia
incidents due to similarities with the word "nigger" Wikidata
A person who is stingy and miserly. OmegaWiki
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Controversies about the word niggardly
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controversies about the word niggardly
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cheapskate, miser, niggard
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