If at any point "the N word" is a phrase that is considered by a significant fraction of American society to be inappropriate, this market resolves to YES. Otherwise it resolves to NO at the close date.

The level of dissaproval for "the N-word" doesn't have to be anywhere near as strong as the dissaproval for "nigger" in order for this market to resolve YES. It could be more similar to the dissaproval for "American Indian" or "boomer". There just needs to be a notable number of people who will be unhappy if you use it and would tell you to use some other euphemism instead.

Nov 15, 3:16pm: Will the term "the N-word" itself be considered obscene by 2035? → Will the term "the N-word" itself be considered obscene before 2036?

Close date updated to 2036-01-01 12:00 am