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CP3S
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What are you reading?
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6-Sep-2013, 11:23 PM

darth_ender said:

Okay, bear in mind that the book came out in the early 80s, and was based on his own short story of the same name that came out in the 70s.  I have never heard of that expression meaning anything like that before today, nor do I know the etymology of that particular definition, but I already have my doubts that such a meaning had developed by the time that story was written. 

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

Educate yourself my good fellow.

It is a very, very old word that has meant that for a very long time. Long before Card used it and long before he was ever born.

This denial you all have about it being a slur is really shocking to me.

 

If Card didn't mean to use it in that way, then he was very ignorant and made a very, very, very poor choice of words.