Comment by subtra3t
2 years ago
> certain cultures & situations, as a slur
English isn't my first language but I haven't seen "dummy" being used as a slur, in any conversations I've engaged in or any books I've read. For me its connotation is more of a playful nature. When I think of slur I don't think of "dummy", I think of the r word and the like.
At least I can get the reasons for github's change to "main" for the default branch in a git repo. Maybe I don't agree with it but I can at least see how some people would interpet the word "master" in a negative way. I can't say the same for the word "dummy" though.
Yes your understanding is how almost everyone treats the word today. The slur is from a different meaning & different context. You'd never come across it in regular life, unless you were, like, into the history of baseball:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_(nickname)