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i'm glad somebody got the reference.
(i assume the people downvoting my comment only know the word as an alt-right thing and are unaware of its earlier etymological journey which makes it a relevant response to this thread. in fairness, I'd forgotten how far they went with it in 2016 until I just read that wowpedia page ๐ฌ)
Like Pepe and the swastika, it was sadly co-opted by Nazis and now that's the first thing people think of.