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gadders on Dec 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to nuke a submarine

Well, today I learned that "squaw" is now considered offensive, but apparently incorrectly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaw#Claims_of_obscene_meaning

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