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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Texas John, post: 1171636, member: 25813&quot;]Pardon me, the word &quot;niggardly&quot; is not racist. As per </p><p>dictionary.com:</p><p><br /></p><p>niggardly (<b>nig</b>-erd-lee):</p><p><br /></p><p>–adjective 1. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty:<i>a niggardly tip to a</i> <i>waiter</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>–adverb 3. in the manner of a niggard </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Origin: </i></b></p><p>1520–30; niggard + -ly</p><p><br /></p><p>—Related forms nig·gard·li·ness, noun </p><p><br /></p><p>—Synonyms </p><p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp; penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, illiberal, close. 2.&nbsp; poor. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>—Antonyms </p><p>1.&nbsp; generous. </p><p><br /></p><p>niggard (<b>nig</b>-ard)</p><p><br /></p><p>–noun 1. an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>–adjective 2. miserly; stingy. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Origin: </i></b></p><p>1325–75;&nbsp; Middle English&nbsp; nyggard,&nbsp; equivalent to nig&nbsp; niggard (&lt; Scandinavian;&nbsp; compare dialectal Swedish&nbsp; nygg;&nbsp; akin to Old English&nbsp; hnēaw&nbsp; stingy) </p><p><br /></p><p>—Related forms un·nig·gard, adjective </p><p>un·nig·gard·ly, adverb </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Notice it has nothing to do with black people.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have been wrongly and maliciously accused of racism by a manager of this room, to the cheers of members. I will not tolerate such treatment. Consider this my final post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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