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Everyday phrases/idioms with racial overrtones?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by 3_Octave_Fart, Aug 19, 2015.

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  1. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    Let's hear them, members and moderators.

    -Peanut gallery
    -Paddy wagon
    -The ubiquitous "spade a spade"
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Aug 19, 2015
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  2. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    watermelon
     
    Vombatus, Aug 19, 2015
    #2
  3. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    niggardly
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Aug 19, 2015
    #3
  4. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    Monday.

    Never understood old that one.
    Actually, never knew that one until, what, last year? And I just don't understand it.
     
    expendable, Aug 19, 2015
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  5. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    As I learned today while referencing this scene from Major League, "color man" or even "color analyst" or "color commentary."

     
    Batman, Aug 19, 2015
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  6. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Uppity
     
    Vombatus, Aug 19, 2015
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  7. Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!

    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! Well-Known Member

    Cake walk
     
    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Aug 19, 2015
    #7
  8. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Wiggers. Remember them?
     
    Riptide, Aug 19, 2015
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  9. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Eenie-meenie-minie-mo
     
    LongTimeListener, Aug 19, 2015
    #9
  10. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Spic-and-span.
     
    Riptide, Aug 19, 2015
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  11. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    I think we all need to wait just a cotton pickin' minute and think before replying to this thread
     
    Jake_Taylor, Aug 19, 2015
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  12. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Hope and Change
     
    Vombatus, Aug 20, 2015
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