# In the dustbin of our cultural history **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703 "2020-12-10T00:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 687
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703/687 "2021-02-18T11:52:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > “That’s mighty white of you” was a common phrase for good behavior, on the assumption that was typical of white people. I posted this aside in the [Why Do Brits Eat Heinz Baked Beans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-brits-eat-heinz-baked-beans-when-americans-dont/930701/63) thread back in Jan: > PS: (Hideous anachronism warning) - this has nothing whatever to do with the thread, but I just have to share this. I confess, I used a 1987 Roget’s thesaurus to clean that up. Specifically, the synonyms of _Probity_ , which include (quoting): “…truepenny, brick, trump, true Briton, white man…”. Sheesh. Roget’s Thesaurus, fer Chrissakes. j --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703)._