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For those that twitter: #beckywiththeborrowedspeech (Original Post) LaydeeBug Jul 2016 OP
Do we have to turn the name "Becky" Loki Liesmith Jul 2016 #1
LOL, really? LaydeeBug Jul 2016 #3
Yep really Loki Liesmith Jul 2016 #5
Well, if you alerted on the post above, it failed A HERETIC I AM Jul 2016 #6
Im all for political correctness, but... JaneyVee Jul 2016 #7
Welcome to DU. nt LaydeeBug Jul 2016 #8
#famousmelaniatrumpquotes Raissa Jul 2016 #2
lol nt LaydeeBug Jul 2016 #4
 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
3. LOL, really?
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 07:32 AM
Jul 2016

It's *slang*.

I must forewarn you that the primary meaning on the streets for the name "Becky" is what we in political circles would refer to as a "Monica", or the act of felatio (it's from a song) But from the urban dictionary:

beckys
hot white girls, or snobish women
example: look at them beckys over there.

So ***TWITTER*** users assigned the moniker. I am just helping it stick.

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
5. Yep really
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:12 PM
Jul 2016

I know exactly where it comes from. It's s burgeoning slur. I'll alert on every post that uses it.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
6. Well, if you alerted on the post above, it failed
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:27 PM
Jul 2016

I was just on a jury for post #3 and it clearly does not break the rule

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
7. Im all for political correctness, but...
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 03:29 PM
Jul 2016

Trying to turn "Becky" into a slur is a bridge much too far. Lets not turn progressivism into a parody of itself.

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