[ReptileMan]

It's a racial slur where I live.

[bavell]

It's a fruit where I live.

[optimalsolver]

For what group?

[ReptileMan]

Gypsy/roma

[optimalsolver]

Interesting. What’s the connection?

[ReptileMan]

They are darker skinned than the rest of the population and the word itself is like a generic name for one of them. I guess it is some form of mutation of the Turkish word mangal which is something like barbeque or charcoal

[optimalsolver]

Thanks. Very interesting.