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Words like ‘denigrate’ and ‘niggardly’ sound really bad, because the ‘nig’ sound has such bad associations. But neither of these words are derived from racial slurs – ‘denigrate’ literally means to tarnish or blacken and has nothing to do with race. So don’t take too much offense.

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Name : kmj, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, City : New Orleans, State : LA, Country : United States, Occupation : graduate student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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