Do it because it pisses people off

Your word of the day is: Niggardly

nig⋅gard⋅ly 
 /ˈnɪgərdli/ [nig-erd-lee]

–adjective
1.
reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
2.
meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter.

–adverb
3.
in the manner of a niggard (an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person).

Origin: 1520–30; "NIGGARD" + "-LY"

Related forms:
nig⋅gard⋅li⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:1. penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, illiberal, close. 2. poor.
Antonyms:1. generous.

But it sounds like the word "Nigger", so even though it has absolutely nothing to do with the racial slur, people hear -er instead of -ar and make asinine assumptions about the word's etymology. Then you can point and laugh.

When I'm bored I read dictionaries online. Be cool like me.