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The Post notes that "niggardly" is etymologically completely unrelated to "nigger" (it has Middle English roots and means stingy) and says that if in fact the man used the word innocently and in its correct context, then the loss of his job is "truly remarkable."
Two of the more common examples of British-American divergence of usage are screw and knock up . In Vanity Fair (Chapter 39), the niggardly Sir Pitt was not nearly the aerial acrobat your American sophomore might fancy him to be when he “screwed his tenants by letter.”
Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams decided to rehire a white aide who had resigned for using the word "niggardly."
The conservative Daily Telegraph called the decision "overdue"; the liberal Guardian said the government's response to the refugee crisis has been "slow and niggardly."
2) In a meeting with two colleagues, Howard said, "I will have to be niggardly with this fund because it's not going to be a lot of money."