• @RolandoOP
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    385 months ago

    Apparently

    • squarehead is an “Extremely Disparaging and Offensive” term for a German/Dutch/Scandinavian person
    • porch climber is a term for a thief (bc you climb up the porch to sneak in the window?)
    • @HessiaNerd
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      185 months ago

      My family always used blockhead (still do sometimes). My grandfather was Norwegian.

      • @Donkter
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        215 months ago

        I mean, they say “blockhead” in Peanuts. It can’t be ludicrously insulting right? Or was Lucy essentially using the hard-R right in front of our eyes?

      • @[email protected]
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        85 months ago

        I wonder if that’s where this character got his name from. He’s from around the same time period

    • @Skullgrid
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      -15 months ago

      porch climber

      that’s too close to porch monkey