<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BahrainLad:
OT: Technically it is not poliitcally correct to use the phrase "nitty-gritty" anymore. Sweeties for the poster with the answer why.</font>
Seeing as I used it (and I assert my right to use it in the face of a load of PC clap-trap), I might as well go for the sweetie:
"Nitty-gritty" is banned because it is thought to originate from a slave traders' phrase to describe the debris left at the bottom of a slave ship after a voyage. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1988681.stm
PhilH