Oh, man…I feel so dumb. I don’t know what the “p-word” is.
Huh til. Never heard this before. Gotta be honest tho I’m kinda surprised its a slur, don’t get me wrong I won’t be using it, but it does feel like a “good” shorthand for Pakistani.
Seriously, I’ve heard people say “Pakis” as a short for Pakistani in a non-insulting way, similar to Spaniards or Aussies.
Funny enough it actually mentions in the Wikipedia article that most Americans are unfamiliar with the slur. I’ll be honest without this thread if I heard someone say it, I would probably have used it unknowingly just assuming it was similar to Aussie or something.
This is not to make light of the slur, but if someone called me an “Ameri” I would probably just assume they’re French, which might be meaner than anything they’re trying to say to me.
Is Spaniard not the correct term?
the one person from spain that i knew told me not to use it. she said it was like using ‘chinaman’
“Spaniard” is the preferred and most-official demonym. IDK what she was on about.
um, being from spain.
where you from internet stranger?
NGL I sat here for like 40 seconds wondering what you call people from Spain before remembering that Spanish can refer to both language and people.
indeed.
The bigger issue is that Spanish is an adjective, and we’re looking for nouns. You can say “an Aussie” or “a Spaniard”. You can’t say “a Spanish”.
Here in Canada in the 00s I remember it being a really bad slur. I haven’t really heard it used at all since then though
Which is hilarious, because in new England a “packy” is a package store, which is a euphemism for a liquor store.
So I got quite a few looks when I asked if we were going to “hit the packy” on the way to the party…
There’s an old movie on YT called Shield for Murder with a character named Packy and the subtitles censor the name.
Very much not good in England. You might well think England did enough to fuck up that part of the world in '47. But no we still have to be a bucket load of racist cunts.
Its actually mildly interesting, are there other slurs that really wouldn’t be slurs in another country? The F slur would be one I suppose is just a cigarette for some people?
Cunt is a really nasty misogynist slur in the USA and a friendly mild ribbing in the UK and Australia.
Oh yes! This is another one good shout out!
You can’t say spaz in the UK.
Lol. As an Englishman in Australia I do enjoy using that word. Spazzed out just means went a bit wild. Spastic drunk is fine too, well I think…
Yeah “fag” is fine in context such as: “I’m just nipping out for a fag” “Can I bum a fag?”
But you can’t say it to, or about, a person, well, unless you’re a homophobe.
‘faggot’ is almost always a slur though, you’d better be in that rare circumstance where you’re very clearly referring to a bundle of sticks otherwise, no.
I guess ‘nip’ is also occasionally a racist slur for Japanese, but normally quite innocent; just something quick. or a pinch, or a wee dram.
Vaguely related, you might be interested in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari. A few British slang terms migrated out of queer-creoles into more mainstream usage , possibly via popular radio and tv.
Fancy a fag?
What? You’re a fag!
No mate. Fag means cigerette.
You’re a cigerette!
A British comedian friend living in the U.S. used to (15-ish years ago) have a joke about asking a guy outside a bar in middle America if he could bum a fag.
He would impersonate the most southern accent he could muster and say “I don’t care. Ain’t no business of mine.” As part of a joke about cultural differences/how the U.S. could be unexpectedly wholesome.Never asked if that was a true story. We fell out awhile ago.
oh yes I will be looking at that, thanks!
edit: Another one (please someone correct any parts of this that are wrong). I believe in Korean “you” or some other way of addressing people sounds quite similar to the n-word.
quick edit 2: though I guess different languages don’t really count in quite the same way, its similar though.
Clarkson got in trouble for noticing a slant on a bridge. I didn’t even realise he was being offensive.
“Just going to pop outside to smoke a removed” would not raise eyebrows in the UK.
Nothing wrong with a good helping of faggots.
I was going to talk about shortening of Nigeria, but apparently the entomology is completely separate.
Entomology? I’m not sure where insects come into it.
My spelling was way odd. I mean Etymology.
Language is weird. Paki is absolutely a racist slur for Pakistani but then Brit is totally acceptable for a British person despite the two words having the exact same origin.
Isn’t Brit a British term originally? I’d guess that’d the reason it’s considered different
U sure it isn’t “Pajeet”? That one seems worse.
Trigger Warning!!
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poop
How DARE you!
P*lestine
Peebug
Parrot people, obviously (huh, not blocked here as well!)
If you are a decent person, you are not on X. There is no other option.
Came here to find out what P word was. Saw that this was England and knew immediately.
It’s comforting as an American to know that Europe is still in the running for who can be the most racist.
Anywhere people live, there is a contender for most racist person and group.
But “cisgender” will get your post flagged 🙄
Every right wing website or mod ever.
“We don’t allow [political posts, racism, etc] on this site.”
Quietly allows offhand comments that are racist and political from right wingers, quickly tell people to shut up and deletes their posts if they call out the bullshit, especially if using objective data.
P word? Can’t say paedophile anymore because it hurts their feelings? Should we say “person who loves children more than me” instead?
its likely Pakistan, with of the stan. which is a slur for pakistani people.
I wasn’t aware that was a thing.
Oh how creative of the British, to create a slur that’s half the name of people their heritage. Guess I’ll refer to the English as Engs from now on. “Oy bruv, it’s them Engs innit. Free the north of Ireland!”
People who lust after children
No that P word. Hint:
P___
Poser? Prick? Pussy? I don’t think any of them are as bad as pedo.
You never played wordle? None of those are 4 letter words.
You gave me a P and a long underscore line 🤷
So it’s P * * *
I don’t know, other than pedo. I give up.
But reading from the article and comments it’s a British word that has something to do with Pakistanis. I’m not familiar with that word, I’m not from the UK and have never heard it during my visits there or in the British media I’ve watched (I’m Dutch). I knew the British in general are rather racist, but I didn’t know there was such targeted hate towards the Pakistanis. Wtf did they ever do to those colonistic inbred posh fucks eh?
(sorry, I didn’t realize ‘___’ render as single line)
Don’t give up!
PEDO -> P _ _ _
Yeah I got it from another reply. I didn’t know that was a thing. Certainly won’t say it. Fuck racism, fuck fascism.
But ok ok, I’ll continue.
Porn
P O R N
But what if P=NP???
Had to read the comments to figure out the p word
Banning the g word when? It’s offensive to the Romani.
Genuinely 1984
Meh, X skews right-wing, sites like Lemmy skew left, every social media site uses censorship along the lines that their intended bubble-market prefers.
Not exactly news, nor surprising in any way.
Also not all that ‘tech’ oriented really, it’s more mundane political drivel.
