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What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
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this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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I believe it comes from another language, and has a history before english adopted it.
Well fuck. Looks like you're right. Latin -> Spanish -> French and ended up as a slur in English. I guess I could have figured that out on my own knowing Spanish. I guess I just never really cared to know the origin of the word. Gotta go catch a crow now for dinner. Better than the microwave dinner I was gonna have I guess.
Haha best of luck!