If someone referred to you as a "nikkard".....

[jadillac]

Would you be ready to fight?

Definition of nikkaRD

: a meanly covetous and stingy person
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nikkard

 

[newworldafro]

Would you be ready to fight?

I think if I heard it ... it was leave me with a 1 1/2 minute long face ... trying to analyze and playback the situation before I could respond...

that's Antebellum English intellectual shiit ....

or not ...

nikkard - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary


Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hnøggr nikkardly; akin to Old English hnēaw nikkardly
First Known Use: 14th century

 

[criminology]

i remember some executive in a company a few years back got fired for using the word "nikkardly" in a meeting. I thought firing him was sort of dumb, but so was using that word. it's sort of guilty by association no matter what it means.

 

[Tom]

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[definition]

i remember some executive in a company a few years back got fired for using the word "nikkardly" in a meeting. I thought firing him was sort of dumb, but so was using that word. it's sort of guilty by association no matter what it means.

I think I remember a controversy regarding a congressman or senator using this word.

I'm sure google would tell me the answer, but who knows what other sites would come in that search.