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[โ€“] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 15 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Nobody really uses that word other that in the US. Everyone on the internet that knows that word knows it with the context already.

[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I can direct you to some Kipling stories where he calls everyone not a WASP the n-word. I can't direct you to a modern Brit doing the same thing IRL but trust me, they exist.