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3) Howard says the episode was "really not about me or the use of the word niggardly.
The editorial deplores the resignation of a white Washington, D.C., mayoral aide for uttering the word "niggardly" in a financial management meeting.
In a front-pager headlined "An Official's Vocabulary Lesson/Some Words are Defined by More than the Dictionary," the WP tells how on Monday a white Washington, D.C., city government department head resigned after many blacks in his agency complained bitterly over his use of the word "niggardly" in a business meeting with two subordinates, one white and one black.
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."
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."