There has been a lot of talk and writing about the use of the N-word recently. But something puzzles me. Why is it that we can use the phrase “the N-word” and we know for which word it’s being used an alias? Why isn’t that offensive? (If you don’t know what the N-word is, hit the link below. But be prepared as the link shows you the actual N-word.)
Here’s the link. It contains the actual word. Don’t click it if you don’t want to see it.
Since we all now know what “the N-word” means, why can we say that when we cannot say the word itself? Here’s a solution. I’ve gone to a website that generates fake words. I suspect we could and should embed some of these in “fake news”, but that’s another posting. I played around with this and have come up with what is arguably a great replacement for “the N-word”. Ready, here it is. Moquirkeh
There it is. It’s a combination of letters with no known semantic content. And that’s just what you want for a 21st-century euphemism. I know it doesn’t roll off the tongue. And that’s just the point.
And here’s the really good news. You can go to the fake word generator and replace Moquirkeh with anything you like. Of course, you’ll let us know what fake word you’ve chosen so we will catch your drift when you use it.