# What is going to be the next N-word, F-word, R-word? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151 "2011-05-25T14:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/61 "2011-05-27T16:54:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You could probably convince most people that nigger is a more offensive word that tits. So nigger would make the obscenity list and tits would drop off of it. Pardon what may seem a hijack. Ladies? Do you refer to your bosom as tits? Do you use the word with other ladies, with your SO, etc ? Does it have a negative or derogatory connotation? As is obvious by now, the use of the N Word is not always seen by the user as hate speech in use. Ladies, to you is the word tits as offensive as the word nigger? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/62 "2011-05-27T16:56:30Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > I would like to see some objectivity, so please give me a cite where 98 per cent of deaf people would take a hearing pill. > > xthx You first : > [@CitizenPained](#): > > And the idea that Deaf would be taking 'hearing pill’s by the millions IS wrong wrong wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/63 "2011-05-27T18:44:34Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Pardon what may seem a hijack. > > Ladies? Do you refer to your bosom as tits? Do you use the word with other ladies, with your SO, etc ? Does it have a negative or derogatory connotation? As is obvious by now, the use of the N Word is not always seen by the user as hate speech in use. > > Ladies, to you is the word tits as offensive as the word nigger? I have a hard time believing that. I’m not saying some women (or men) wouldn’t be offended by the word tits (which was my point) but I doubt very many people would be as offended as they would be by the word nigger. You’re walking down the street with an acquaintance. He looks across the street and sees someone (who is out of hearing range). And he says: 1. Look at the tits on that woman. 2. Look at that nigger over there. You honestly think that people would be more shocked by the first than the second? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/64 "2011-05-27T18:45:43Z")
I didn’t say I would be. I’m not a woman. Hence my question. I cannot possibly have an opinion since I lack the life experience to reply. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/65 "2011-05-29T02:19:43Z")
I started a [poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610385). ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/66 "2011-05-29T03:51:39Z")
I thought the new term was “intellectual disability” which I actually kinda like. And I read a blog whose author is way more sensitive about language than I am (oh, the terminology battles, they go on and on and on) and has other readers who are actively offended by “lame.” All I can say to that is “Oy.” Personally my concern is the attitude behind the language more than the word in question, though there are some words that set me off, I admit. Wil Wheaton (yes I am a nerd, I am a longtime Doper whaddya want) has a rule that is very simple – “Don’t be a dick.” This applies to almost everything in life. Intent matters, not just the exact word. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/67 "2011-05-30T00:18:20Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Ladies, to you is the word tits as offensive as the word nigger? According to the poll results so far, it’s not even close. Overall, the results are 148 to 8 with 7 people saying neither is offensive\*. Among women only, the results are 63 to 2 with 3 women saying neither is offensive. \*This is the official data. Two people posted they voted wrong and the adjusted results would be 150 to 7 with 6 people saying neither. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/68 "2011-06-01T13:34:55Z")
Hey thank you for doing that ! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151/69 "2011-06-01T14:01:36Z")
_Faptard_. It flows off the tongue in a fun way. Has to be illegal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-to-be-the-next-n-word-f-word-r-word/583151.md?page=3)