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monster · 04-20-2011, 03:53 PM

No it was definitely the Fuzzy Wuzzies. They don't like it up 'em.

DanaC · 04-20-2011, 04:48 PM

wasn't fuzzy wuzzy a racially abusive term in the 70s? Kind of like golliwog.

skysidhe · 04-20-2011, 07:48 PM

She can use racially abusive terms in her own Disney Land thread. :P

I am sure it wasn't done with any malicious forethought. It's a paradox, kinda like the
Ouroboros.

infinite monkey · 04-21-2011, 08:13 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_Wuzzy

Quote:

Fuzzy-Wuzzy can refer to:

Hadendoa, an East African tribe
Fuzzy-Wuzzy, a poem by Rudyard Kipling
Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, the name given by Australian troops to a group of Papua New Guinean people who, during World War II, assisted and escorted injured Australian troops down the Kokoda trail
Fuzzy Wuzzy (poem), a popular children's poem/tongue-twister in which a bear is thought to be fuzzy, but it turns out he's not

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?

So I don't know about any derogatory term unless you don't like Hadendoa or Rudyard Kipling.

DanaC · 04-21-2011, 10:21 AM

It was used as a racist term I'm pretty sure.

The name was given to the Hadendoa because of their elaborate hairstyles (according to wiki), by the British. So it's a descriptive name used by the imperialist brits to describe a native people. Seems not too far from calling someone 'nappy head'.

DanaC · 04-21-2011, 10:21 AM

Just went and looked at the Urban Dictionary:

Quote:

A racist slur for blacks in England. Originated from a Kipling poem entitled "Fuzzy Wuzzy."
So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan;
You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man;
An' 'ere's to you, Fuzzy Wuzzy, with your 'ayrick 'ead of 'air -
You big black boundin' beggar - for you broke a British square!

infinite monkey · 04-21-2011, 10:49 AM

Ahhh, I see. In our country it just meant an imaginary fuzzy bear that wasn't fuzzy, was he?

Of course, I guess those undertones could still be there...but I was never aware of them.

monster · 04-21-2011, 11:26 AM

It's a quote/catchphrase from "Dad's Army". My apologies to whose who were offended.

infinite monkey · 04-21-2011, 11:28 AM

I dunno. You people are talking a whole other language...English, isn't it?

monster · 04-21-2011, 11:30 AM

Right. I assumed the Brits would get it and others might google. It never occured to me that people would just think I was being racially offensive. How stupid of me.

infinite monkey · 04-21-2011, 11:32 AM

Oh, I thought I was supposed to be racially offensive, having brought up the hairless imaginary bear fuzzy wuzzy, who wasn't fuzzy, was he?

Let me ask some of my cow orkers what they think of the pome.

monster · 04-21-2011, 11:33 AM

btw, anyone know why skywhatever is stalking me when she hates me so much?

infinite monkey · 04-21-2011, 11:35 AM

skywalker wants you to look at his big green wand. LOOK AT IT. LOOK!

monster · 04-21-2011, 11:37 AM

oh gawd don't let sheldon see that

infinite monkey · 04-21-2011, 11:38 AM

New game!

Predict Sheldon's joke!

"I've seen Luke's wand but it didn't get that color from ME!"

04-20-2011, 03:53 PM	#31
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	No it was definitely the Fuzzy Wuzzies. They don't like it up 'em. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-21-2011, 11:26 AM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It's a quote/catchphrase from "Dad's Army". My apologies to whose who were offended. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-21-2011, 11:30 AM	#40
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Right. I assumed the Brits would get it and others might google. It never occured to me that people would just think I was being racially offensive. How stupid of me. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-21-2011, 11:33 AM	#42
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	btw, anyone know why skywhatever is stalking me when she hates me so much? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-21-2011, 11:35 AM	#43
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	skywalker wants you to look at his big green wand. LOOK AT IT. LOOK! Attached Images

04-20-2011, 07:48 PM	#33
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	She can use racially abusive terms in her own Disney Land thread. :P I am sure it wasn't done with any malicious forethought. It's a paradox, kinda like the Ouroboros.

04-21-2011, 10:49 AM	#37
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Ahhh, I see. In our country it just meant an imaginary fuzzy bear that wasn't fuzzy, was he? Of course, I guess those undertones could still be there...but I was never aware of them.

04-21-2011, 11:28 AM	#39
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I dunno. You people are talking a whole other language...English, isn't it?

04-21-2011, 11:32 AM	#41
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Oh, I thought I was supposed to be racially offensive, having brought up the hairless imaginary bear fuzzy wuzzy, who wasn't fuzzy, was he? Let me ask some of my cow orkers what they think of the pome.

04-21-2011, 11:37 AM	#44
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oh gawd don't let sheldon see that __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-21-2011, 11:38 AM	#45
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	New game! Predict Sheldon's joke! "I've seen Luke's wand but it didn't get that color from ME!"

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