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"
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.
Yup, I learned the word from the movie Lethal Weapon 2. And they say the cinema doesn't teach us anything
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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.
___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.
Whoa! Rudey??????
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