MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agoAnon is Bri’ishlemmy.todayimagemessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1684arrow-down144
arrow-up1640arrow-down1imageAnon is Bri’ishlemmy.todayMacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squarebreecher@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·14 hours agoIt is definitely an American who censored it.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours agoIt’s an odd one because it wasn’t even a word in common usage until about 50 years ago, so I don’t understand where the Americans got their attitude from since it appears to have been entirely self-generated.
minus-squarepohart@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoFrom Wikipedia It goes back to at least the year 1230, and was excluded from the OED from the 18th century until 1960. So it wasn’t just Americans.
It is definitely an American who censored it.
It’s an odd one because it wasn’t even a word in common usage until about 50 years ago, so I don’t understand where the Americans got their attitude from since it appears to have been entirely self-generated.
From Wikipedia
It goes back to at least the year 1230, and was excluded from the OED from the 18th century until 1960. So it wasn’t just Americans.