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Originally Posted by Flybone McTimmerson
What in the **** did you just say?
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Originally Posted by Bowser
Mods, change his name to Thesaurus Lee. TIA
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Just this week I saw a post, thought it might even have been here [EDIT: it jumped off from here, off PG's allegation that 'peanut gallery' is a racial epithet], that stated that 'the itis' is racist, because it's based on '****eritis'
So I grafted that onto The Big Lebowski's bit of PC dialog.
http://www.businessinsider.com/offen...ll-use-2013-11
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1. "The itis"
More commonly known now as a "food coma," this phrase directly alludes to the stereotype of laziness associated with African-Americans. It stems from a longer (and incredibly offensive) version — ni****itis.
Modern vernacular dropped the racial slur, leaving a faux-scientific diagnosis for the tired feeling you get after eating way too much food.
We recommend using the technical term instead: postprandial somnolence.
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