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To: Fiji Hill
She's SO damned wrong re many of these terms, that it's beyond laughable!

Cakewalk was NEVER done during slavery.

Gung-HO is far older than the 1930s!

Spade meaning blacks, is a newer term and actually means a gardening tool.

Powwow is a phrase like tete-a-tete ( FRENCH! ) to connotate something and is in no way a slur/putdown.

And this little SNOWFLAKE needs to just STFU and crawl back under the rock she calls "home".

26 posted on 04/20/2024 1:17:43 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Actually the Use of Gung ho was first used by the commander of a Marine Rader Battalion. The commander had learned of the Chinese work cooperative. The idea was “ pulling together” to achieve a common goal. It was not derogatory. Now it means you have total bought into the plan. I watched a movie a long time ago where the Marine Battalion commander was encouraging working together and the phrase “Gung ho. The lady has no idea what she is talking about.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_ho


77 posted on 04/20/2024 4:34:50 PM PDT by carcraft (Pray for our Country.)
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