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It's also a slur for black people in the US
it is but also I don't think Ive literally heard it used as a slur in my entire life, i'm pretty sure the generation that u.s it as a slur is either dead or actively dying
https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/spooky-speculation
I don't think the etymology really supports much of a link between the use as a racial slur and the use to refer to undercover agents.
Ok good so I'm not being inadvertently racist then, phew.
I think Joe Biden said it once.
yeah exactly
The only reason i know this is because of back to the future