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People probably didn't even know this was a word until they saw this meme.
Meh, it comes up more often than you think. There's a whole Wikipedia page about it's "controversial" use even. I doubt it's as unknown to the general populous as you think.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly
Older books have it pretty frequently. And gay for happy. And faggot for ~~OP~~ bundle of sticks. And so on. Pretty funny reading some of that stuff these days.
If you've never seen anybody use the word, just wait. It'll happen eventually.
Someone in your local-level politics (a city councilman, someone on a university board, etc) or your place of employment will whip that word out, and facepalming will ensue.
It'll be a white guy in his fifties. He'll say that shit in a public setting. People will be like "WTF, man." And then he'll be like "ACKSHUALLY, Niggardly (noun: niggard) is an adjective meaning 'stingy' or 'miserly'. Niggard (14th C) is derived from the Middle English word meaning 'stingy,' nigon, which is probably derived from two other words also meaning 'stingy,' namely, Old Norse hnǫggr and Old English hnēaw."
And he will be genuinely surprised when people don't treat him as a hero.
Never before has a username been such an incorrect description
Meh. As I've said before, it's aspirational.