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FYI, to renege is actually medieval latin, but I digress.
by cpher 15y ago
FYI, to renege is actually medieval latin, but I digress.
- zem 15y agoi think he was alluding to the phrase "indian giver"
- epo 15y agoWell the origin of the term came because when Indians gave a gift they expected something equivalent in return or their gift back, i.e. it was bartering rather than gifting (OK, the source is Wikipedia so this is probably specious). So Pincus is genuinely an Indian giver if the options are only being clawed back from people who underperformed. Of course there would be documentation predating the clawback threat which identifies such underperformance.
- rhizome 15y agoI was thinking more along the lines of "gyp" (sorry).
- zem 15y agothere are a surprising number of racial epithets for the same concept (or perhaps not so surprising). "welsh" comes to mind too, though i was in my 20s when i realised it had racist origins and was not just a homonym.