It putatively means that Chet Haze is as qualified to utter the word "nigga" as anyone for whom dark skin and skewed life chances have given the word connotations Haze would never countenance.
In the case of existing words, connotations are crucial: a Corvette is a light, speedy attack ship; Tesla was an inventor of genius.
Look at each of the words or phrases and decide what it means to you - your impression, what a word means, connotation.
And yet now the word's connotations are exclusively negative.
Understanding and effectively utilizing a word's connotations comes in handy for authors and salesmen alike.
"Nervousness," the nearest synonym in English, does not transmit the elusive French word's connotations of spareness of line, tautness, crispness.
The literal translation of geci is "sperm", but even that English term fails to convey the Hungarian word's connotations of disdain.
The front will give up its claim to an independent homeland in return for autonomy in a new area, Bangsamoro, a word with connotations of a nation.
Perhaps some listeners are put off by the reputation of "Wozzeck" as an "atonal" score, with that word's connotations of gnashing dissonance and angst.
NAME WITHHELD "Unethical" is too caustic a word, carrying connotations of evil intent, envelopes filled with cash discreetly left on a teacher's desk, shadowy meetings in a parking garage — follow the metaphors.
