Gaffer Tape said:

... Should we remove any word that sounds remotely like other offensive words just because we're afraid IGNORANT PEOPLE (not an insult, just a statement of fact) are not familiar with certain words and will take them the wrong way? I'm sorry, but I don't feel comfortable censoring myself just because other people don't know better.

I concur.

To notice, there's an African country called Nigeria !

... And I always surmised it may have the same roots than the other "bothering" word.

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