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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·2 days agoIt isn’t the only case. “Paki” is considered a slur.
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agotrue. odd that “afghan” isn’t, nor “arab”
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoAlso odd in this specific case, ‘Nip’ was also a common anti-Japanese slur in WWII. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny_Nips_the_Nips
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoi didn’t know that…weird that the article doesn’t mention that nip probably came from nippon, which is the japanese word for japan
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoThat is where it came from, yes.
minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoNipslip - A Japanese person falling
minus-squareBiskii@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIs this because Japan is Nippon in Japanese?
It isn’t the only case. “Paki” is considered a slur.
true. odd that “afghan” isn’t, nor “arab”
Also odd in this specific case, ‘Nip’ was also a common anti-Japanese slur in WWII.
e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny_Nips_the_Nips
i didn’t know that…weird that the article doesn’t mention that nip probably came from nippon, which is the japanese word for japan
That is where it came from, yes.
Nipslip - A Japanese person falling
Is this because Japan is Nippon in Japanese?
Yes.