Language Question - Page 2

Zele · #11 04-10-2007, 04:24 PM

daryn, I know "Welsh" isn't a slur, but using it to refer to not paying a bet probably is. e.g. "Jew" isn't a slur but you can't refer to bargaining on price as "Jewwing down".

HB, "Chiseler" is a great word I'm going to start using, but it looks like it can apply to any sort of flim-flam artist, not only to reneging on a bet.

TylerD, I believe both forms are in use, though I think the "c" form is more prevalent

Piiop, I disqualified "reneger" because it sounds too much like another, really inflammatory slur.

Reneging on a bet doesn't happen very often, but when it does it would be nice to have a word for it that doesn't insult an unrelated group of people. It's interesting that welcher/welsher seems to be the only word with this unique connotation.

piiop · #12 04-10-2007, 04:32 PM

Other than sounding similar, renege doesn't have anything to do with "black people".

Zele · #13 04-10-2007, 04:38 PM

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Other than sounding similar, renege doesn't have anything to do with "black people".

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I know that, and I think it's a fine word, but I would hesitate to use it in certain contexts because of the risk of a really bad misunderstanding.

MasterLJ · #14 04-10-2007, 04:40 PM

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Other than sounding similar, renege doesn't have anything to do with "black people".

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I'm unsure which country you are from, but a US Senator had to resign over using this word in a 100% acceptable context.

justscott · #15 04-10-2007, 04:55 PM

Ram V.

Wetdog · #16 04-10-2007, 05:16 PM

Perhaps the welsher was merely being niggardly.

wardkaew · #17 04-10-2007, 05:20 PM

Grimstarring?

samsdmf · #18 04-10-2007, 05:30 PM

lgas · #19 04-10-2007, 11:02 PM

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Other than sounding similar, renege doesn't have anything to do with "black people".

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I'm unsure which country you are from, but a US Senator had to resign over using this word in a 100% acceptable context.

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I think you are thinking of the word "niggardly".

Devil Duq · #20 04-11-2007, 02:32 AM

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I prefer 'chiseler'.

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On behalf of Chisler Inc., I would like to formally protest the use of the word "Chisler" as a synonym for "cheat". Our CEO, Thomas "The Hammer" Chisler, former VP of "Emerging Markets" at Enron, has a sterling reputation as an honest, ethical...

Oh, who are we kidding. We went long on "indian giver" futures this quarter.