“Niggardly” is completely unrelated to “the N-word.”
They are:
nigger: any person with dark skin; deemed a vulger and offensive term
niggardly: (2nd definition) meanly insufficient; scanty.
niggle: to occupy oneself with trifles
So I could say that people who get so bent out of shape about the word "nigger" are niggardly and like to niggle.
>>Niggardly is completely unrelated to the N-word.<<
And there is no replacement word. “Niggardly” isn’t the same as “cheap” nor “miserly” — it means meting out allocated resources in a very diminished manner.
Orwell was right — own the language, own the discussion.
That’s true, but app 20 years ago a man was still hounded from his job for saying it, even though he said it in context.