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It's not... a slur, is it? (media.piefed.world)
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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 153 points 2 months ago

Grinch was the scientist, but the character commonly called “The Grinch” is really Grinch’s monster, created by Grinch.

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

Not many realize that Grinch the scientist is the actual monster of the story

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago

I mean I think it's a slur

[-] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Holy Moses this is a racist song!
“Uhhh…just change that term to Grinch.”
Hey, this would make a great Christmas cartoon!

[-] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Damn Grinches ruining this country!

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 months ago

"You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" The clue is in the song.

[-] sidelove@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

I mean, "You're a mean one, Mr. Assface" still works despite being more of an insult than a proper name

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

'The grinch had a heart that was three sizes too small.' It gets ambiguous very quickly

[-] fascicle@leminal.space 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Mr The Grinch? I can see it. It would probably at least partly explain why he hated everyone too.

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 25 points 2 months ago

Slur? I think you'll find I pronounce it quite clearly

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago
[-] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago

His full name is Theodore Grinch, but his friends (numbering 0) call him The.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 15 points 2 months ago

He’s sort of like Cthulhu: the only one of his kind, who came into the world fully formed to represent the idea of Grinch and nothing else. He’s not the third child of Mr. and Mrs. Grinch, who works as a quantity surveyor, has a love of crosswords and Italian opera, once wanted to be a baseball player and happens to be miserly about Christmas.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago
[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Since Theodor Seuss Geisel was publishing new material until shortly before his death in 1991, that's probably canon, if that term could apply here.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Cuthulu is offspring of Nub, who is offspring of Yog Sothoth and has other relatives.

There must be an all knowing Grinch grandparent and parent that is absent and uncaring in his life.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Who is the offspring of the Nameless Mist. Who is the offspring of Azathoth, the blind idiot. If Azathoth wakes up we're all fucking goners.

It's a hierarchy of horrors starting with Boo from Mario Bros, on through The Grinch and Cthulhu, and topped off by Azathoth.

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

IMO it seems like he's been forced to live atop Mt Crumpet due to Who-gentrification or more disturbingly because of an ethnic Grinch cleansing

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in comic book there's a whole species of them.

[-] rarbg@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Calling him a green one is a slur.

[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago
[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It's his name. You can see in the school flash back, when he's still part of civilised society, that his nameplate says Grinch.

But interestingly the book of Who says the term "Grinchy" should apply when Christmas spirit is in short supply.

And we're given the impression the book of who is an old foundational text. So it would appear the old ladies named him after the term Grinchy. So they're really just assholes.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago
[-] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
  • You see, the Grinch is a Who who always... Actually, not a Who, he's more of a...
  • A what?
  • Exactly, honey. And he's a What who doesn't like Christmas.
[-] djsoren19 4 points 2 months ago

It was a name the Whovians gave him right? sure sounds like a slur to me

[-] nah@eviltoast.org 2 points 2 months ago
[-] lol_idk@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

It's his species

this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2025
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