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minus-squareLaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down3·1 month agoDo I even want to know what a pajeet is?
minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down2·1 month agoYou probably don’t. I looked it up after not hearing the term before. Tap for spoiler It’s a slur for South Asians. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet
minus-squareLaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·1 month agoSadly I assumed correctly
minus-squareBeNotAfraid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·1 month agoIt’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
minus-squareThunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down6·1 month agoAccording to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoYa gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!
minus-squareThunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 month agoTell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoFrom the wiki: The implication makes fun of a typical Indian male’s name. Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.
minus-squareThunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAnd what does it say right above that? An invented term for a South Asian person. And from CubitOom’s link: An invented Indian-sounding given name And from the sources cited on Wikipedia: a derogatory made-up Indian name originating on 4chan in 2015 First seen on 4Chan, The term “pajeet” is an ethnic slur, coined as a derisive imitation of Indian names
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt is possible that there exist a few Indians with the name Pajeet, but it is definitely not a common name here. I’ve never met a Pajeet.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoSo is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoRacist word towards Indians
Do I even want to know what a pajeet is?
You probably don’t.
I looked it up after not hearing the term before.
Tap for spoiler
It’s a slur for South Asians. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet
Sadly I assumed correctly
It’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
According to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.
Ya gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!
Tell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!
From the wiki:
Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.
And what does it say right above that?
And from CubitOom’s link:
And from the sources cited on Wikipedia:
It is possible that there exist a few Indians with the name Pajeet, but it is definitely not a common name here. I’ve never met a Pajeet.
So is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?
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Racist word towards Indians