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• Thunderbird4@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!

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  • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    From 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.

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    • Thunderbird4@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And 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

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