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by hellofunk 2162 days ago
Despite that you’re getting downvoted, I’m rather curious about the connotation of these words myself.
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In the UK it's a derogatory catch-all term for anyone that vaguely looks South Asian and was initially widely publicized in the 60s/70s around "paki-bashing" (= aka "lets gang up and beat up some immigrants").