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preciousjeni 05-08-2004 04:03 AM

Whoa! Rudey??????
 
Rudey, please explain your signature:

"Proud to be an American Kaffir"

I'm a little shocked...:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

BabyP 05-08-2004 04:16 AM

i have to guess, kaffir means someone who turned against god. but it is a muslim word, I know cuz some people called me a kaffir cuz i am "americanized"

moe.ron 05-08-2004 04:37 AM

In South Africa, that word is traditionally been used as a highly derogatory term to refer to persons of aboriginal African descent. It is at the same level as the N word.

James 05-08-2004 12:08 PM

Yup, I learned the word from the movie Lethal Weapon 2. And they say the cinema doesn't teach us anything :D

Quote:

Originally posted by moe.ron
In South Africa, that word is traditionally been used as a highly derogatory term to refer to persons of aboriginal African descent. It is at the same level as the N word.

Rudey 05-08-2004 12:42 PM

___The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.__2000.

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Kaffir

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SYLLABICATION:
Kafˇfir

PRONUNCIATION:
__kfr

VARIANT_FORMS:
also Kafˇir

NOUN:
Inflected forms: pl. Kaffir or Kafˇfirs also Kafir or Kafˇirs
1. Offensive a. A Xhosa. b. often kaffir Used especially in southern Africa as a disparaging term for a Black person. 2. Kafir A Nuristani. 3. also kaffir Islam An infidel.

ETYMOLOGY:
Arabic kfir, infidel. See giaour.

moe.ron 05-08-2004 03:49 PM

Good for you Rudey, you should be proud of your religious upbringing.


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