curry nigger
- noun
- Slur
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[Término ofensivo (insulto racial) dirigido a personas de origen del sur de Asia]
- He was shocked when someone called him a curry nigger in the street.
Examples
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The use of curry nigger in any context is extremely offensive and unacceptable.
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Educational programs are working to address the harm caused by terms like curry nigger.
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Using the term curry nigger is completely unacceptable.
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Many people find the phrase curry nigger deeply offensive.
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Educational programs are working to address the harm caused by terms like curry nigger.
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The use of curry nigger in any context is extremely offensive and unacceptable.
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Many people find the phrase curry nigger deeply offensive.
Synonyms
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An insulting word used to hurt people because of their race or nationality
Surface Forms
Morphology
curry + nigger
The compound joins 'curry' (a food strongly associated with South Asian people) with 'nigger' (an extremely offensive racial slur), so a learner who knows both words can plausibly infer it is an insulting term aimed at people associated with curry/South Asian origin. However, the insult’s precise target and pragmatic force are culture-dependent and non-literal, so the meaning is not fully predictable from the words alone.
Etymology
Curry nigger comes from joining curry, a South Asian food, and the hateful word nigger to point to someone's origin. The image is using food to mark a person's background, so the phrase became a cruel racial insult. That's why Curry nigger means 'a deeply offensive racial slur' and should never be used.