The PC world of the nutty-gritty

From: Daily Mail | Date: February 28, 2004 | Copyright information

NITTY-GRITTY has become the latest word to fall foul of the political correctness brigade.

Council workers have been warned not to use it as it supposedly has racially offensive connotations with the slave trade.

The word became a talking point at an equality awareness workshop at Wolverhampton City Council about the changing use of language.

It was suggested that the word originates from the 18th century, where it referred ...

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