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> There is a lurid racist history to using the word dark for sinister. As a left-handed person, I'm aware that there's also a lurid history of using the word '
by gmfawcett 5y ago
> There is a lurid racist history to using the word dark for sinister.
As a left-handed person, I'm aware that there's also a lurid history of using the word 'sinister' to mean 'evil'. :)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sinister-left-dexter-right-history https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sinister-left-...