Name_Violation wrote:as a child, my best friend was english. i overheard his parents use the term. when i asked what it ment it was explained to me as "a term used to describe americans. when i started to say it i was told calling an american a w..... is the same as calling an african american a n...., when i asked why i was told because they are both racist terms. when i asked my parents they said it was true and i was never allowed to see my friend again.
i come from an educated family, so i tend to believe them.
so yeah...
i went to urbandictionary.com it doesn't mention any of this but the words it does mean are still rather insulting. check def.6-7
it is a word used by the untolerant and uneducated so i just don't care. appaerantly those who use it say alot about themselves
you are right about i can't find anything to back up the deffinition of the word, dispite what i've been told for 20 years.
on such grounds i do appologize. despite what i've been taught my whole life i can't back what i said. i was wrong under these pretenses. i hope you can see where iwhy i had such passionate feelings. nothing personal i have strong feelings on those issues.
sorry again, but i've always been under the pretense its a racist term. my bad about the personal shots. i should just stop reading the posts...
