So why is this word mature language?

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Actually the creator of Pokemon has autism and was / is probably unaware of the other meanings.

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Would jig glypuff even be considered jig gly? It’s supposed to be a balloon and I wouldn’t really call a balloon jig gly, but rather rubbery

I can’t even say jig glypuff here

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so offensive to like 1% of people? what kind of world is it what we must avoid any sliver of possibility that we might offend somebody, especially when people these days go out of their way to get offended?

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Most the time that I’ve seen, platforms tend to ban words once they’ve seen someone use the word purposefully to offend. In other words, if you’re looking for someone to blame for it, blame racist trolls, that’s the reason we can’t have nice things.

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It is the start of a racial slur. My Parents, now deceased, were extraordinary “white racists.” So I pretty much know all of the slurs.

Hubert got it.

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It’s the name of a pokemon, at least that is the most popular results from my google search. So I can understand them not wanting you to use a trademarked product name.

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That’s not how trademarks work.

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by censoring these words we help to keep their offensive meanings alive. i didnt know the “offensive” meanings of a huge chunk of ‘mature language’ words until looking them up after getting the message, and most other people i’ve talked to about it didn’t know the so called offensive meanings to most either.

by bending over and allowing these harmless words to keep their offensive meanings we aren’t making the problem any better

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Actually the term is Jig-A-Boo. Very derogatory, extremely inflammatory. It not only invoked a racist connotation but was also an inference as to mental acuity of the individual.

Now this may well have been a local colloquialism for the Midwest, but I assure you, it was a term not bandied about indiscriminately.

The term ‘Boo’ alone was also considered a racist remark.

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you forgot pokemon. which the actual name is from.

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Alternative?

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The name that shall not be spoken. Much like Voldemort

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not sure where you got that idea. a ‘boo’ is someone you love or care about, at least in the south.

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There is a musical named “Hair.” It has a song that would explain


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Just type it into Google, you will see both Jig-A-Boo, Jig, and Boo. They all mean the same thing.

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ok, i just did.

boo
noun, informal US
a person’s boyfriend or girlfriend
origin french beau

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All I can tell you is that in 1969, in Denver Colorado, in my High school, if you called an African American a ‘Boo’ someone was going to draw blood.

It may be a term of endearment now, but when i was in High School it would evoke anger and threats.

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maybe he didn’t like you calling him your girlfriend, or confused it with something that rhymes with itch? that could cause a fight too.

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I never used the phrase, but there were those who had no qualms about using it and when they did there was always trouble.

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Slowly glances over to Jynx
I MEAN MAYBE A LITTLE?

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