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Originally Posted by SportsJunky
I'm not sure if I have ever used the word thug. It seems like something an old man says about scary young people.
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Haha, yep that about sums it up. Over hundreds of interactions over years I can't remember someone using the word thug to describe anyone.
But I know clearly from just following US news at even a glance that the word "thug" has been used pretty commonly south of the border to describe black people disparagingly. I guess transplant may not have heard it used that way as someone who's (assuming) lived in Canada his whole life.