slur
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Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
That this didn’t happen has sparked a back-and-forth about culpability, with Deadline reporting BAFTA’s assurance that it made the BBC and the broadcast’s producers aware that the slur was audible shortly after Davidson blurted it.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Kirk Jones, director of Bafta-winning film I Swear, has said John Davidson was "let down", after the Tourette's campaigner's racist slur was broadcast during the BBC's coverage of Sunday's ceremony.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
On Tuesday, the corporation's chief content officer Kate Phillips told staff the BBC took "full responsibility" for what happened, adding that another racial slur had been edited out of the broadcast.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
My gaze leaped from bleary note to blotted slur, none yielding music, none quitting me of clamor.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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