# its now racist to use the term "black hole"

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**Created:** [July 11, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-now-racist-to-use-the-term-black-hole/51353 "2008-07-11T17:36:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-now-racist-to-use-the-term-black-hole/51353/10 "2008-07-11T19:08:33Z")

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> [@AWDrifter](#):
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> Even the word niggardly is considered bad EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE “N” WORD!!!
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> –adjective 1.reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. 2.meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter. –adverb 3.in the manner of a niggard.  
> [Origin: 1520–30; [niggard](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=niggard) + [-ly](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-ly)]
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> —Related forms nig·gard·li·ness, noun
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> —Synonyms **1.** penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, illiberal, close. **2.** poor.  
> —Antonyms **1.** generous.

sounds like that word was defined due to the habits of a certain race lol.

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