"Cotton-picking": a derogatory term derived from one of the least-commendable times in American history...and therefore, definitely not a phrase I want to use.
Friday, February 17, 2012
"Cotton-Pickin'"
"Cotton-pickin'" is one of the first phrases that I ever wondered about the origin of. Growing up, to my ears it sounded like "cotinpikin", and I never really stopped to figure it out. Till I was in my teens, and then one day I realized: "cotton-picking" is what the African-American slaves did.
"Cotton-picking": a derogatory term derived from one of the least-commendable times in American history...and therefore, definitely not a phrase I want to use.
"Cotton-picking": a derogatory term derived from one of the least-commendable times in American history...and therefore, definitely not a phrase I want to use.
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