12889402, this isn't how language works Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Sun Aug-30-15 08:29 AM
and those aren't the same words. It isn't a matter of definition, it's a matter of appropriation. A word that is used as a negative by one group of people with an aligned mentality being simultaneously used by the target group of people as a positive doesn't remove either connotation from said word. An original word that has an original meaning still maintains its meaning, but when used in another culture in another manner and spelling, it becomes another word entirely.
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