Ethnic-based terms of contempt

Victor aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Fri Feb 27 15:53:15 UTC 2009


Makes for a very odd eggcorn!

David Bowie wrote:
> I've heard what i now realize must have been "reggin weed" a few times
> from students, but i'd parsed it as "Reagan weed". Made sense to
> me--just say no and all that, you know.
>

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