"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2018-01-28 1:00 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
>>>> So, 'nappy' is a slang term for dreadlocks?
>>>
>>> Yes it is.
>>
>>
>> I have never heard nappy as slang for dredlocks, but that doesn't mean
>> it's not so just because I have never heard it.
>>
>
>
> It would be a localism. Until I googled it, I had never heard the term
> nappy being used about African hair. I had only ever heard it used in
> reference to diapers. Therefore, my use of the word would never have been
> used as a racial slur, despite the fact that there are too many people in
> the world who think there is a right to be offended.

Yes, here if you used it as nappy headed or nappy haired it would be a slur,
I have never heard anyone here in the US ever call a diaper a nappy, but I
did know they use that term for diapers in other countries.

Cheri