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Let's just ignore the racial epithet part shall we?



"Nip" used to be a somewhat common perjorative term for Japanese (i.e. Nipponese; the Japanese word for Japan is Nippon). In case anyone else was confused by this comment.


I've never heard it used in this context, but I guess people can get offended by pretty much anything these days.


It’s real but old timey. Unless you’re quite a bit older than the HN average, you probably wouldn’t have heard it. That, of course, doesn’t mean it’s ok.


Or you read Cryptonomicon.




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