Common Form
| cripple
| political
| taken offensively by some
| disabled
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| dumb
| political
| taken offensively by some
| unable to speak (mute)
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| gyro
| new
| pronounced "yiro"
| no English equivalent for some phonetic sounds from other languages
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| he do?
| political
| nonstandard or used by less educated
| idiom of A.A. English
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| great-uncle (aunt, nephew, niece)
| new
| should be grand-uncle
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| n-word
| political
| any usage by a white person will be taken offensively by some African Americans
| "it's time for somebody to lead all of America's niggers. . . all the people who feel left out of the political process" -- Ron Dellums
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| raise or rise
| new
| use raise with direct objects
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| second cousin
| new
| a first cousin's child "cousin once removed"
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| swamp
| new
| means a flooded woodland
| some interchange marsh with swamp
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| you people
| political
| taken offensively when used to refer to African Americans
| used by Ross Perot
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