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In response to "I just read an article that refered to "uppity" as a "racially-tinged term".....does this word have that definition?" by Walt_Disney

I think it's racially tinged, yes, even though I recently used it in a non-racial way myself. -- nm

Posted by mara (aka mara) Sep 4 '08, 13:54

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"Oh, look at you, uppity b!tch!" -- nm - mara SI Sep 4, 13:56 2
- See...this is more of how I would use the term but more in a high maintenance or class sort of way. Never heard of it in a racial way. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 4, 14:07 1
  - It's racial in the way (sort of) that the word "lynch" is racial. It's not really part of the definition, it's just that there's a history. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 14:19
("freaking uppity scientologists...") -- nm - mara si Sep 4, 13:56 1
- Heh, I knew this was going to happen. It was while I was trying to figure out if I was being told I couldn't work on my own time, and I said if - mara Sep 4, 13:59

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