Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2014 March 21

= March 21 =

what is the word?
is there a word for racial mixing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.235.89.211 (talk) 00:55, 21 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes. —71.20.250.51 (talk) 01:03, 21 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Which is Latin for "mixing races". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:21, 21 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Note their warning that this term has a negative connotation: "The term's historical use in contexts that typically implied disapproval is also a reason why more unambiguously neutral terms such as interracial, interethnic or cross-cultural are more common in contemporary usage." StuRat (talk) 04:33, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Apart from historical social opposition to the mixing of the races, the prefix "mis" might look like it implies something socially wrong, such as "misbehave". However, the actual prefix is "misce", which means "mix(ed)"; the same prefix and meaning as used in "miscellaneous". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:57, 21 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Note that IP's other contribution, so to speak: ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:40, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That's from several weeks ago, and we have no evidence that this is the same person. I thought, Bugs, that you'd been explained to before about your misunderstanding that an IP address is not a personal ID number, and that there's no reason to believe that the same person is tied to the same IP address for their entire life.  -- Jayron  32  04:57, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I just thought it was funny. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:50, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes,Bugs. This is the first time I have seen that word, and I did wonder about the 'mis-' prefix, but knew there was no such word as 'cegenation'. I am glad you have clarified. KägeTorä - (影虎) (Chin Wag) 16:44, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * . . . I figured the less said, the better. Smells like trolling.  ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 05:35, 21 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Sorry Jayron, but I thought my contribution, at least, was relevant, and was directed to BB, and his contribution. Unhatting, though discussion may be considered closed. KägeTorä - (影虎) (Chin Wag) 22:20, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note the alternate approach, which seems to fit your criteria. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:16, 22 March 2014 (UTC)