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I read a thing once which said black people use it as an act of defiance, or of reclamation, of gaining control of a word historically used for oppression and turning it on its head. How true that is, I have no idea.

Always nice when a poster flat out explains to you why you should add him to your ignored users list.

My great nan also used to throw that word around. Doesn't mean it's fine to use it today.

I think it works quite well going by the Wikipedia definition: an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss,[2] or a condition of groupthink no one wants to challenge.[3] Everyone is aware of the possibility of there not being a deal and yet nobody is willing to talk about it. Or maybe...

Elephant in the room works pretty well and is, presumably, only offensive to elephants attempting to hide themselves in a room.