Controversies about the word niggardly. In the United States, there have been several controversies concerning the word niggardly, an adjective meaning stingy or miserly, because of its phonetic similarity to the racial slur nigger. Etymologically the two words are unrelated.
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The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is a set of standardized rules that applies to most commercial transactions in the United States. It isnât law in and of itself, but most states have adopted it in some form or another. At least from a functional perspective, this means that itâs more or less binding in most places.