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Originally Posted by highthief
Spade = black person.
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I wasn't aware of that. I'm assuming this is intended as an insult of some kind? In either case it doesn't change the fact that this is a reference to an ancient Greek idiom meaning to speak plainly, to use simple and direct language.
If my assumption that this usage is derogatory is correct, it makes very little sense to interpret the phrase this way because the phrase is a warning against substituting symbolic language for plain and direct language. It doesn't work if you're using symbolic language instead of common language.
Why would someone assume a more complex and derogatory message rather than the simple, obvious one?
Gilda