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Old 06-01-2020, 09:02 AM   #985
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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon View Post
In the 60's and 70's my black mates used the term spade to indicate a cool black guy, it had overtones of Shaft and the Black Panther Movement, it meant they were talking about a very hip black guy, there was nothing insulting about it, granted that was the UK don't know how it was viewed in N America
I once asked someone from the UK if they do any cottaging in the UK during a work event. Now that's a term that has a very different meaning in the UK I learned
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