[boken]

I understand the objection, but a word is defined by its usage, not its origin. We're vastly outnumbered in a general audience, and this battle was won a couple decades ago. The NY Times is not going to print "crackers" because the word would not be understood, and a word already in use would work fine. (Even the small niche that objects to its use here has no problem knowing what was meant.) Not to mention that "crackers" already has a meaning when applied to a group of people in the US.