Paki (slur)

Paki is a derogatory ethnic slur originating from the United Kingdom, directed towards people of Pakistani and by extension South Asian (mainly Indian and Bangladeshi) descent,[1][2] as well as Muslims or perceived Muslims in general.[3][4] The references to Paki have been increasingly replaced by the euphemism "the P-Word".[2][4][5]

  1. ^ "Paki, n. and adj". OED Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 June 2023. slang (offensive and chiefly derogatory). Originally and chiefly British. A person of Pakistani (also more generally, South Asian) birth or descent, esp. one living in Britain.
  2. ^ a b "the definition of Paki". Dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ^ Geddes, Graham Edward (2016). Keyboard Warriors: The Production of Islamophobic Identity and an Extreme Worldview within an Online Political Community. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-1-4438-9855-3. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b Sampson, Alice (2016). "From 'Paki Bashing' to 'Muslim Bashing'". In Hobbs, Dick (ed.). Mischief, Morality and Mobs: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Pearson. Routledge. pp. 44–60. ISBN 978-1-134-82532-5. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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