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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it started with the Soup nazi on Seinfeld and using nazi as a colloquialism for anyone who is very rigid in their stance on something and always trying to correct others. Someone at work is referred to as the chair nazi as she goes insane if anyone moves her chair. I've seen grammar nazi on here too.

I found this little news piece interesting and speaks to it being used as slang.

"The High Court has heard that the "Nazi" jibe made by Jon Gaunt (represented by Gavin Millar QC and Mark Henderson) on his TalkSport show was used as slang rather than as a historical insult.

Jon Gaunt was sacked from his show following an OfCom decision to censure the station after he called a councillor a "health Nazi" on air. Gavin Millar QC argued that Gaunt had not used the word "Nazi" in an historical or ideological sense, adding that "there is now a recognised slang of the word Nazi [as] one who imposes their views on others". He further contended that Ofcom had acted disproportionately by censuring TalkSport and impugning his client's professional reputation, in contravention of article 10 of the European convention on human rights."

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Limbaugh started using the term "feminazi" in 1992; the Soup Nazi Seinfeld ep was 1995. There is no relation. I really disagree with your argument that "feminazi" is used as slang or a colloquialism. It is almost always used in an insulting manner, generally directed at women who are perceived to have stepped out of their "place" or dare to argue against something that they feel is an injustice. "Soup Nazi" was supposed to be comedic, feminazi is supposed to insult the woman at whom it is directed, and put her in her supposed place.[/quote]

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