I’m really uncomfortable with people who say things like “The term ‘[n-word]’ transcends race. It has absolutely nothing to do with ethnicity; it’s all about how civilized or uncivilized a person is, so uncivilized white people would be [n-word]s too!” and other variants of that outlook that try to “deracialize” this heated slur to make it seem more innocuous.

Ignoring the fact that, even if you took this definition at face value, this is still racist as fuck, but also, says who? This view of the gamer word is only taken “seriously” by a few weirdos on 4chan. Nobody you interact with in real life will think this definition makes any sense.

Regardless, words are defined by how we use them, and that use of the gamer word is not mainstream by any means, not even close.