Quote Originally Posted by E-learner View Post
It's a perfect occasion for me to use that phrase
LOL! Yeah, since Russians have Ukrainian relatives and Ukrainians have Russian relatives then the modern meaning of that word is probably political and not ethnic.
Anyway, I think for you it is a political word and it's all about what I said in one of my other posts in this thread:

Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
The meaning is in the people and not in the words...
In America, the 'N' word isn't just used on black people. It's used on anybody that people consider slow or awkward. Also in America, anybody can be called a Jew. It's more about traits than ethnicity.