[Kaiwan]

When under the context of vehicle repair, "tranny" shouldn't be remotely considered in terms of staffing. It isn't a slur. It is a vehicle part.

I've fought for months to clarify the difference between slurs (bad under all contexts) and derogatory language (context-sensitive). All I got was flamed and belittled, but I still stand my ground on this issue.

Also if any less-common slurs, such as "darkie" are going to be treated as slurs, they should be specified. As a once super active moderator, I only warn for n-slur, f slur, k slur as slurs. Anything else is context sensitive and falls under derogatory language.

Except that people have used the excuse of it having another meaning as a method of trolling and circumventing the rules, and staff have allowed such things to happen. If you're going to allow it in a specific context, people ARE going to abuse that loophole. No question about it. 

According to the TTT rules "Spamming, trolling with, or using any offensive language (racism, sexism, etc) towards other people is NOT allowed" so it isn't about whether people 'know it's a slur' or how 'commonly used of a slur' it is. The rules plain and simple state it's not allowed.

[Editing to clarify the second part of this post is in response to the "Also if any less-common slurs...." line, not about the use of the shortened form of transmission.]