Talk:whigger

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whigger

--Connel MacKenzie 04:43, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Google Groups suggests that wigger is a wee bit more common, but yes, this is real. Are you RFV-ing wigger as well, or just this spelling — as in, do you doubt the word's existence, or just that it's spelled like this? (I'll cite it either way, I guess, but it would be nice to know.) —Ruakh_TALK 06:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have clarified: I have serious doubts about this spelling. I have no doubts that the word (spelled correctly as "wigger") is in use. --Connel MacKenzie 16:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

The whigger spelling is important, as an apparently intentional conflation with the Whig Party (either one?). (Of which members at the time were just called "Whigs"). So the spelling is very real, and the reference to Whig should be noted. Robert Ullmann 16:36, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

So, a British variant of the American slang term? --Connel MacKenzie 18:41, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Wow! Our definition of Whig is pretty misleading. There were a couple years where the term was used attributively by a nascent (temporary) American political party, but the term means the British party - it is in every way reminiscent only of British politics. --Connel MacKenzie 18:50, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

This is a choose your own adventure: either RFV passed, or RFV failed but cited by Kappa before anyone got around to actually marking it failed. Either way, entry retained. —Ruakh_TALK 22:28, 17 October 2007 (UTC)