[Ads-l] thug

[W Brewer]

WB:  In fact, I heard Joe Johns on the scene in Baltimore inflammatorily
call the rioters <thugs> several times. (It's okay, he's African American.)
Then, others warned the rest of us to never use that word again. Let's call
it the <theta-word> (after the IPA character based on the Greek letter).
The Hindoos themselves say [toog], BTW.

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