Tainted words. What words that once had a good or neutral meaning, are now almost unusable?

Question

I saw someone use the word ********* on here, and I had a question once regarding the word Master (as in a Master/Apprentice setting.)

I know ********* has nothing to do with that, but the pronunciation is close enough to cause trouble.

Answer 1

Swastika, crapper, biitch, *******.

Answer 2

********* has no relationship to n*gger. NONE. Notice the A in the first word after the G and the E in the second. ********* means somewhat tight with money or things. Reluctant to share is another definition.

So, watch the spellings to see the correct root words.

Answer 3

All words are subject to becoming abused.

If a word is used and then through common usage becomes the most common word for an unacceptable act or a way to refer to another in a derogatory manner, the good manners (dirty minds) of others will assume that what you are saying is the corrupted meaning not the correct one.

So any word can be contaminated by the misled minds of our society.

Answer 4

The word, "villain' once meant a Villager, noe means a bad guy.

Institution

Mental Hospital

A$$ for donkey & now you know what it means now.

Bit*ch: female dog; now, a woman of irreputable characre or loose morals.

So on & so forth.

Homely for Ugly

Special Treatment' In Hitler's Time came to be used for 'Torture'

Answer 5

You should never taunt a taint. It could cause a case of tight taint, for which others would taunt them. But if they have a taut taint to taunt, that's another thing.

Answer 6

Adolph was once a fairly common name for German boys and perhaps other Europeans, and, infrequently, for Americans of German descent.

"Colored person" was neutral, now unheard of, except in parody or joke. Yet--and this is what makes language so interesting--what is perfectly acceptable today--indeed, preferred in some circles--is "person of color." A little too subtle distinction for me. It certainly lends credence to the argument that the "chattering class" arbitrarily determine in language, style, etc, what's "in" and what's "out."

All sorts of names for women.

"A good smoke"--not so good now.

Jap was totally acceptable, certainly at least neutral.

Macho. Although to be fair, here, for example, is how Gabriel Garcia Marquez brilliantly, without irony--and, at one time, for many places--accurately captures its true meaning in writing about his beloved grandfather in his autobiography: "The impression I have today is that the house and everything in it existed only for him, for it was an exemplary machista marriage in a matriarchal society, in which the man is absolute king of his house but the one who rules is his wife. In short, he was the macho. That is: in private a man of exquisite tenderness that he was ashamed of in public, while his wife burned to make him happy."

Answer 7

Fa**ot (had to leave out the 'g's): It was once another name for the classical woodwind instrument the bassoon, and now is a derogatory term for a homosexual person.

Answer 8

b*tch as in a female dog

Also, the word "idiot" used to mean just a common person. Had nothing to do with stupidity.

Answer 9

Eat my pussy. Is that what you mean by unusable?
Nice point. I'll try again. Eat my p*ssy.

Answer 10

gay would be a huge one uhhhh there are other just cant think right now lol