Is the term "punjab" an offensive slur?
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PUNJAB  MEANS  FIVE WATERS, BECAUSE  OF  FIVE  HUGE  RIVERS  WHICH  ORIGINATE FROM  HIMALYAS  AND  TRAVEL  ALL  THROUGH  PUNJAB  AND  FINALLY  FALL  INTO  INDIAN  OCEAN. PUNJAB IS DIVIDED IN INDIA  AND PAKISTAN. PEOPLE  OF PUNJAB  ARE  CALLED  PUJABEES  AND  THEIR  LANGUAGE  AS  PUNJABI  LANGUAGE. THESE  PEOPLE  ARE  KNOWN  AS  HARD  WORKERS, FUN  LOVING, GOOD  SENSE  OF  HUMOUR  AND  VERY  FOND  OF  NICE  DRESSES  AND  TASTY  FOODS. THEY  ARE  CONSIDERED  VERY  BRAVE  SOLDIERS  IN  THE  ARMY. PAKISTANI  PUNJABEES  ARE  99.9% MUSLIMS  AND  MAJORITY  OF INDIAN  PUNJABEES  BELONG  TO  SIKH  RELIGEON. I  HAVE  NEVER  HEARD  PUNJAB  AS  A  RACIAL  SLUR. THE  BATH  IN  MILK  IS  A  VERY  STRANGE  THING  FOR  ME. IT  SHOWS  PEOPLE  IN  FIRST  WORLD  COUNTRIES  HAS  SO  POOR  KNOWLEDGE  OF  OTHER  CULTURES  AND  ETHNIC  GROUPS.THERE  IS  NO SUCH  THING  AS  BATH  IN  ASIA  AND  AFRICA. PEOPLE  LIKE  SHOWER  TO  WASH  THEIR  BODIES. BATH  IS  MORE  WESTERN  STYLE  OF  SITTING  AND  LYING  IN  WATER, WHICH  PUNJABEE  PEOPLE  THINK  IS  A  DIRTY  AND  FOUL  SMELLING  STYLE  OF  KEEPING  YOURSELF IMMERSED IN  YOUR  OWN  DIRTY  WATERS. ONE  LAST  THING  ALEXANDER  THE  GREAT  WHO  WANTED  TO  CONQUR THE  WHOLE  WORLD  WAS  FATALLY  WOUNDED  IN  PUNJAB  AND  DIED  ON  HIS  WAY  BACK. PUNJAB  IS  NOT  A  RACIST  SLUR  IT  IS  A  VERY  HONOURABLE WORD.
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It is a pejorative term that many find insulting.\n\nWhy don't you simply say Pakistani?
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Your question is a strange one. Are you asking because you want to get in on calling blacks niggers?\n\nI can only tell you why it's not ok for me. First, the word is offensive and was created and used by bigots as a means to express their hatred toward blacks and destroy their esteem. The person using it is assuming a position of superiority over the person that they are directing it to. Second, there is no way to use the word nigger lovingly. To use it is to tell the other person that they are subhuman, the lowest, dirtiest, most worthless piece of crap that you have ever laid eyes on. There is no racial slur that can compete with it.\n\nTo use it as a white person is to subscribe to hatred. To use it as a black person shows profound ignorance (of the history and meaning of the word). Imagine kids who were born to a single mother. She resents the kids and calls them bastards all the time and beats them. Then one day the kids all get out of this bad situation and grow up to have kids of their own, and grandkids, and so on. Three generations later, all of the members of this big, extended family refer to each other as "bastard".  They adopted the hateful slur that was used by their oppressor in order to destroy their esteem to define themselves - anyone in their right mind would think that they were crazy.\n\nIf you hate black people, think they are scum, and believe you are superior to them, by all means, use the word nigger.
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British Colonial Military Terms and Soldier Slang\nNote: Many British military slang words had their origin in India and spread from there throughout the Empire. In this list, I put those Indian words and phrases that were Anglicized and that I think native Indians would not have used, such as pukka sahib.  In the Indian list, I put words that I think might have been used by either British or Indians or words that were specific to India and Afghanistan.  This is a purely subjective placement and very likely full of errors. I could put certain words in both lists, but that, too, would likely be wrong, and placing them in only one list requires less effort from me.\n\nCheck my Great War Glossary for later words. \n\nague Any fever, such as malaria, that recurs at regular intervals (from Medieval Latin febris acuta, literally, sharp fever) \nammunitions\n Boots (later usage)\n \nbeef, beer, and lust\n What British civilians thought British soldiers were too full of.\n \nbeer, bum, and bacca Pleasures of the sailor's life, circa 1870, "bacca" being tobacco.  \nblack death The plague. A virulent contagious bacteria often found in rats. Humans can get the disease from fleas. \nblack water fever A type of African malaria that causes anemia and brown or black urine due to the destruction of red blood cells. \nblimey From Gorblimey!, meaning "God blind me" \nBOR British Other Ranks, non-officers \nbrew Tea \nbrevet A temporary higher rank, for example, a captain being a brevet colonel.  It was not unusual for British colonial officers on loan to another regiment to be temporarily classed as a higher rank in that regiment but to paid for the lesser rank of their actual regiment. (Old French, diminutive of brief letter) \nbrollly Umbrella, circa 1873 \nbun strangler\n Non-drinker\n \ncaravan Travelers on a journey through hostile regions (Italian caravana, from Persian karwan). \ncatarrh An inflammation of the nose and air passages that produces drainage (from Greek katarrhein to flow down). \nchar\n Tea.  (Hindustani char)\n \ncharpoy\n A bed, frame strung with tapes or light rope (Hindustani carpai)\n \ncinematrograph Early motion pictures c. 1900. Also known as viagraph or bioscope. \nchee-chee Half-caste, mixed race of British and Indian. Also the sing-song accent of same, from the early influence of Welsh missionaries. \ncheroot Cigar (from Tamil, curuttu, roll. [About 1679]) \ncholera belt A body wrapping of flannel worn to supposedly prevent cholera. Used in India until about 1920. \nchota peg Small drink, a gin and tonic \nchota wallah Little guy \nclass regiment Indian Army regiment whose members were all recruited from one ethnic group such as Sikhs, Gurkhas, etc. \nclobber\n Uniform, clothing\n \ncollege\n Prison (as in, "I've been to college.")\n \nconsumption Pulmonary tuberculosis or any other wasting-away disease that "consumed" its victims. \ncroaker A dying person, a corpse, or someone who has given up. \ncushy Easy (Hindi khush pleasant, from Persian khush [1915] \ndaisy-roots\n Boots\n \ndekko To take a look (Hindi, deckna, to look) \ndhobi  wallah Indian who did the washing \ndhoolie wallah\n Indian dhoolie carrier\n \nD. O. British District Officer \ndoggo To lie doggo, to hide. Probably from "dog" [1893] \ndonkey walloper Infantry disparaging term for cavalry \ndyspepsia Indigestion (Latin, from Greek, from dys- + pepsis digestion ) \nenteric fever Typhoid fever \nFishing Fleet Unmarried British women sent to India each year by their parents during the cool weather to find  husbands. \nfossick To search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings (Australian and New Zealand) \ngalloper Officer used by commanders to carry messages.  \nGeneral Services Enlistment Act One of the causes of the Indian Mutiny. It required Indian troops in British service to to go overseas, if required. Hindus would break caste if they did so.  \ngraft\n Work
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Its offensive when you say it like that???\n\nWell, I guess the truth hurts then.\n\nIts fine if we say "aborting a fetus" but if we explain that, for example, partial birth abortion includes shoving scissors into the skull of a child hanging half-way out the mother and then sucking out it's brain matter....well thats just mean.
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Does this site register offensive words in German or other languages?
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this sounds wierd. in urdu, the nationallanguage of pakistan, the word "pak" means pure and "stan" means land
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yes it is!!\n\nand it is still in use because there is no strong Roma influence to react against using this word.\n\nlike you said ones this is the last (or only one of the last) ethnic groups that is still allowed or tolerated to make racist comments about.
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it means "a very angry person" in punjabi
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It's a slang word where I am from and in it's context does not mean anything close to what the white people meant when they said it.  But on the contrary I do not use that word and I don't take offense if a black or white person says it.  Come in we are in the year 2006 slavery days are over people need to lighten up and stop using philosophy on every little thing.
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I saw Brad Pitt's interview on NDTV about this issue.\n\nHe denied that the bodyguards tried to push the paparazzi away and  didnt utter any racist demeaning comments about Indians.\n\nBloody is a word used as intensifier.
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It is a slang term for a female sexual organ.  It's origins are in India.  (I don't know for sure, but it sounds like it might be related to "poon-tang")
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I am not sure how it became offensive. but one theory of its connotation and origin is that it stands for "fornication under consent of king" so basically back in the days of serious monarchs. the king would approve certain peoples sex. basically giving them blessing to do such an act. most cases both parties weren't exactly willing so the king was basically approving rape. but it was for some purpose that I can't remember.
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It's not a bad word, just out-of-date -- like Negro.  I think the history of the mulatto experience (especially in the Americas) and the connotation assigned to the word by some of it's users is what upsets people.  As a 'technical mulatta' I'll tell you...I could give a damn.
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It's a general derogatory statement.\n\nSimilarly, Mexican "Cholo's" use the word "Fool" in the same context, i.e. "Hey fool, what are you and Sonia doing in my car, ese?".\n\nAlso, the urban African-American youth use the word "Nigg@" in the same fashion.\n\n"Blood Clot" and "Bum Cloth" came from the same expression;  if you watch the movie "Rockers", they interchange the two.  \n\nThe patois form Jamaican Creole is a mix of Arawakan and colonist languages of French, Dutch, Porteguese, and Spanish. The origin of the word lies within a mix of all of these languages.\n\nEDIT:  I've heard that it means "Vagina, i.e. Pu$$y", "Bit.ch", "Punk", "Hooligan", "Thug", etc, etc...  Too many to name.
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yea...\nplz don get offended 4 this..
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Profanity origniated out of religious obserance of words that were either considered blasphemy or abusive to either God or his followers. Most words are considered profane because of their abusive, or offensive nature.  Talking about hell, or damnation was considered abusive because it brought to light unplesant aspects of the afterlife.   This also applies to blasphemy or taking the Lord's name in vain, it is considered offensive by religous followers because it is a direct insulting use of their creator's name. Also sexual terms and phrases are often considered vular or taken out of context to produce an offense. Ah, who cares...here goes...I'll try to be polite...\nIt is usually their connotation that makes them profane:  \n"Taking a sh*t" is considered a vular expression because of it's content.  \n"Fu*k you" is also considered vulgar because the word "F*ck" implies sex because of it's origins and it's a no no to talk about sex in our Puritian society...Let alone use sex as an offensive remark.\nA$$hole is considered a rude word because, honestly who wants to be associated with being an anus?\nC*nt is a very taboo word because of it's vulgar reference to female genitalia, and feminist movement sees vulgar references as a means to demean and demoralize. Which is probably a very accurate ideal.\nD*ckhead also is a demeaning word.\nWell okay that's all I can think of..well actually I can think of a lot more, but I'll probably already be reported for this anyways...\nHave A Nice Day...