<div dir="ltr">This discussion reminds me of the controversies over the word 'dhimmi' on the BBC blogs several years ago, which led to the BBC banning its use for a while. As with the current words under discussion here, 'dhimmi' is not in the OED or Macmillan dictionaries.<div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/07/no_offence_1.html">http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/07/no_offence_1.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div style>Phil</div></div>