A coworker asked me if I thought “clanker” was offensive. I had no idea what the word meant so he gave me the context. I said no because that is dumb. Then he asked me if I thought “wire back” was offensive and I spit my drink.
It is a play on the offensive slur “Wetback”. It was coined in the 1920s to describe illegal immigrants that crossed into the United States by swimming the Rio Grande; getting their backs wet.
A coworker asked me if I thought “clanker” was offensive. I had no idea what the word meant so he gave me the context. I said no because that is dumb. Then he asked me if I thought “wire back” was offensive and I spit my drink.
Like when someone asks you to wire back some money? I don’t get it.
It is a play on the offensive slur “Wetback”. It was coined in the 1920s to describe illegal immigrants that crossed into the United States by swimming the Rio Grande; getting their backs wet.
Since when is the rio grande swimmable? In thought it’s too shallow to wade