Neither sets of my Grandparents EVER said that word in my presence. My first exposure to that word was reading it. I think it was Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. Could have been Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Anyway, it wasn’t a shocker nor did anyone I know use it.
1,121 posted on 11/20/2021 11:03:07 PM PST by greeneyes
( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)