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No, because you didn't notice the connotational shift you're autistic. You know, because a primary facet of autism is not picking up on social cues? Like connotations?
okay, okay. i'm not really seeing it though. is there any evidence there's a significant shift in the meaning of the word?

for real, i can get you a doctor's note man. that's why autism is a silly thing to use as a weapon - most people don't actually have it.

oh wait you edited it hold on
No, because you didn't notice the connotational shift I posited a theory that you might be on the autism spectrum. You know, because a primary facet of autism is not picking up on social cues? Like connotations?
ah okay. well same reply, i'm not on the spectrum.

okay, okay. i'm not really seeing it though. is there any evidence there's a significant shift in the meaning of the word?

Since the authoritative resource on connotational and colloquial meanings of words seems to be Urban Dictionary, I'll take some quotes.

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brother, brotherh etc. al.(noun)1.describes an ignorant, uneducated, foolish individual regardless of race, color, religion, loveual orientation, etc.
2. endearing term between two or more individual to describe a friendship or bond.

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monday is to black person as redneck is to white person

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Something or someone that is unable to learn,cooperate, or function correctly.

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A term used to describe a black person, who is stereotypically considered bad, poor, lazy, addict or criminal.

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People who annoy you.



Side note, if an insult is tacked onto the end of a sentence it's usually not a real insult meant to carry any meaning. It's more like a teasing jab.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2015, 12:09:28 AM by $trinick »

aye but wide noses just aren't attractive
sorry if your race happens to generally have that
i suppose long noses are all the rage for you then

Since the authoritative resource on connotational and colloquial meanings of words seems to be Urban Dictionary, I'll take some quotes.
Adding onto this, according to a lot of different forumers, many black people use it in everyday conversation as a replacement for things like "bro" and "dude," completely stripping it of the offensive nature of the term and going back to its original roots. (The term was originally a neutral term referring to black people.[1])

I haven't seen this myself, but you have to know that this is a word whose definition varies widely from person to person, to some it means nothing, to some it's unacceptable to use it at all. You really can't place a universal definition on it because everyone uses it differently.

i suppose long noses are all the rage for you then

hell yeah boy

tbh long or short doesn't matter tho
it's just wide that i don't like


Adding onto this, according to a lot of different forumers, many black people use it in everyday conversation as a replacement for things like "bro" and "dude," completely stripping it of the offensive nature of the term and going back to its original roots.

I haven't seen this myself

What, really? Have you never even heard rap music? Literally most rap songs I can think of use it this way.

Quote from: Tyler, The Creator (Domo23)
And I never pull back, shout-out to my brother Taco

What, really? Have you never even heard rap music? Literally most rap songs I can think of use it this way.
I meant people using it in everyday conversation but yes that works too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Unrelated: This is the one of the main reasons I haven't found a single rap song that I like, by the way. The use of that word (among other general themes that rap artists likes to use quite often) makes me uncomfortable in general, so I just don't listen to it.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2015, 12:18:53 AM by Ipquarx »

is it tribal that i'm loveually attracted to black women way less than every other race

is it tribal that i'm loveually attracted to black women way less than every other race
bio-ist.....biology...biologist. You're a forgetin biologist!

is it tribal that i'm loveually attracted to black women way less than every other race
No thats a preference. It would be kinda tribal if you shut yourself of to one type of race. I have a preference but race isnt gonna determine who i want to spend the rest of my life with.

Since the authoritative resource on connotational and colloquial meanings of words seems to be Urban Dictionary, I'll take some quotes.

man i was trying to scrub through and find some counter arguments but woosh! there are a lot of tribals flocking the monday page aren't there. no surprise there.

You really can't place a universal definition on it because everyone uses it differently.
agreed. you can't place a universal definition on the word that already exists, as setro and trinick are trying to do.

the thing about colloquialism is that the only thing that really validates slang is the fact that everyone who understands it agrees on it. Balsamic vinaigrette is not slang for spongebob yet because we have yet to decide and agree that it is slang. and monday has yet to mean lazy black people because, contrary to what you may believe, most people still see it as nothing more than an insult, and i am in that camp.

Unrelated: This is the one of the main reasons I haven't found a single rap song that I like, by the way. The use of that word (among other general themes that rap artists likes to use quite often) makes me uncomfortable in general, so I just don't listen to it.
try this one

i mean this in a statistic type thing
like 10% of the time i get a bone from black women

He meant there's a slang and connotational difference between a black man and a monday. In 2015, there is. It's not 1860 anymore. Some people still use the term monday to refer to all black people; most people use it as a synonym to thug. Sorry if you're a little autistic and haven't noticed the connotational shift.
Why didnt you comment on everything else he had to say. You took one think from the whole.