Via Jeff Shaumeyer on Facebook, this appalling church sign in Harlem: Jeff thought it was the first time he’d noticed Uncle Tom used as a verb. Turns out that the slurs Uncle Tom and plain Tom got verbed at least 50 years ago. From OED2 (1989), first the noun Uncle Tom as a slur: The … Continue reading Uncle Tomming
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