[xone]

Thanks for the info, around here it seems to get different reactions.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Well, it depends who says it, and why. It would be like Jews ironically calling themselves “kikes” (for instance “Kikes on Bikes”) versus anybody else using the term. Or using the word “Yid”, which is usually either an attempt to accurately portray antisemitic speech, or self-deprecating Jewish humor.