"Nigga" untrademarkable?

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:36 PM -0500 3/17/06, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>  > Hebe is still around--targeted to college students mostly.  Found in hip
>>  stores on campus.
>
>It's actually called _Heeb_: <http://www.heebmagazine.com/>.
>
>(Is "Heeb" hipper than "Hebe"?)

Sure; it alludes to the reclaimed title of the campus journal for
mentally challenged students, "Feeb".

L

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