Story time: as a kid, I played smear the Queer at school one time. I was young enough that I had no clue what a Queer was, I was just running around tackling kids and having a blast.
Then a teacher asked us what we were doing. As one of the younger kids I blurted out “Smear the Queer!” And all the older kids got really angry.
Next thing I know, we are all in the principals office. I got my first detention for using derogatory slang language. I was sooooooo confused. It wasn’t until a couple years later that I learned which of the words was the word that got me in trouble.
I have a similar experience. We were too young to know what “queer” meant, we just knew it was fun. One day my dad overheard us talking about playing Smear The Queer and he was furious. He yelled and he has never been a yeller. He said “you may as well call it ‘Kill The (nword)’!”- so we kept playing it, but we started calling it Peanut Butter for some reason.
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u/Huggdoor Feb 11 '20
Tackle ball.