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Originally Posted by -db-
I don't think it's necessarily a PC or misused term. From the Oxford English Dictionary, the last word (no pun intended) on words:
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To play Devil's advocate - - OED ain't the standard which once it were:
ain't: definition of ain't in Oxford dictionary - American English (US)
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Definition of ain't in English
ain't
Syllabification: (ain't)
Pronunciation: /ānt/
informal
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contraction
am not; are not; is not:if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
[originally representing London dialect]
has not; have not:they ain’t got nothing to say
[from dialect hain't]
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