So, I would like to say a few more things and since this is the Bicker Board, I feel it is an appropriate place to do so.
Further, in as much as some may call this the continuance of a Bicker to which, it just might be, but I would like to "clear" things up a bit, and maybe, some may see that the coin is not always "heads" or "tails" depending on your views. There are always two sides. Nor is this about a "fight" and who "wins." Or demanding the "last word."
That being said, first thing I would like to address is Wikipedia. Although somewhat informative and for the most part factual, sometimes, it's not.
Further, while all cultures of humans are distinct and important and deserve respect, most times in human history, one culture may take something from another culture and change it, use it as the first culture intended, or do something completely different. We have tens of thousands of years that prove that.
So, in this Bicker, the issue is the meaning of the word "SCHMUCK."
The way that I used that word was meant and intended, to be construed as meaning what the English language version of that word means. And while the word "SCHMUCK" is derived from the Yiddish language word that means the male organ, it is spelled and pronounced completely differently. The English meaning of "SCHMUCK" means “idiot,” no more and no less.
Now, admittedly, while calling a person an idiot can be considered offensive and while most of us wouldn’t like to be called an idiot, we do not generally, speak or understand words with their etymologies in mind. If someone calls me an idiot, I do not say to myself, “Well, that’s quite all right, because "idiotos" in Greek means an ordinary person or layman with no special professional training, and there’s nothing so terribly insulting about that.” By the same token, if I’m called a schmuck in English, the word’s Yiddish meaning is irrelevant.
Instead of Wikipedia, let's see what the English Language Dictionary Merriam-Webster says about the English meaning of the word "SCHMUCK:"
Schmuck Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Further, if you are going to accuse one of "cultural appropriation" at least first understand the culture you are claiming is being appropriated. But, more importantly, understand the culture you're living in here and now.
So, if my use of the word "SCHMUCK" and your misunderstanding of the English culture and the English language made you feel offended, then, I offer my sincerest apologies.
You can always overcome your misunderstandings of things.
ETA: One more thing I find truly funny, while at the same time quite sad, considering the individual, is that for just about a year now, I have (as well as other female posters) endured being called the sickest, meanest, most disgusting, vile sexually deviant names one can imagine, including asking if I needed written instructions on how to perform a sex act on a man, in over 50 separate posts, that, Thanking whatever God there is you think there is, for Moderator 2 finally stepping in and deservingly editing and or deleting these disgusting sick perverted posts from MyManao, and yet when MyManao, incorrectly, due to not understanding the English culture and language, thinks someone called him a "penis" becomes literally unglued at the seams.
The hypocrisy. And complete lack of self-awareness.
