re: #129 HappyWarrior

Precisely. Maroons as a certain Bunny would say.

FWIW, though Bugs Bunnyian usage of “maroon” is obviously a play on “moron,” I recently discovered that it can also be used as a racial slur for blah folks.

en.wikipedia.org
wordoriginsorg.yuku.com

Pedantic and improbable, but there you go.