State Department: 'Hold down the fort,' other common phrases could be offensive

[Fox Terrier]

Originally Posted by bulldogdad

uh oh circle the wagons....

lol

[Strate L O S S]

Originally Posted by doc1

I guess "s p i c and span", "c h i n k in the armor" need to be cleansed from our vocabulary.

Oh, and don't forget "n i g g a r d l y". ( an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", perhaps related to the Old Norse verb nigla = "to fuss about small matters". It is cognate with "niggling", meaning "petty" or "unimportant", as in "the niggling details".

That word lost some poor stiff his job, IIRC.

I know what you're referencing and will find the source

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by Ceece

Half right. There are a whole lot of dumbass politicians.

yes but this topic is about how liberals in power act when it comes to language. Admitting that your side has a penchant for being offended at almost everything is a start. This is exclusively a liberal problem.

[D train outta nowhere]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

That's pretty stupid. I particularily hate the white-washing of history as it is a disservice to our youth.

For example, the "racist" phrase "He doesn't have a chinamens chance" referred to the highly dangerous work that chinese laborers performed in helping build the transcontinental railroad.

The largely used Irish on the eastern end of things....cheap, expendable labor.

Just like the people that want Tom Sawyer and Huck finn banned.....yeah, lets scour history so future generations have no idea about how we used to treat people. Grrrrrrr..............

Let's scour history so we can BAN it as offensive!