单词 | paki |
释义 | Pakin.adj. slang (usually derogatory and offensive). Originally and chiefly British. A. n. A person of Pakistani (also more generally, South Asian) birth or descent, esp. one living in Britain. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Pakistan > [noun] Pakistani1941 Paki1964 Pak1965 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Britain > from Pakistan Paki1964 1964 Guardian 15 Apr. 8/4 Some big Paki over the water's got her set up for right trouble. 1969 B. Knox Tallyman v. 94 Ali's a Paki—an' you know how it goes. Paki's pretty well look all the same to me. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 142 Joe, a young and ambitious cook, was fed up to the teeth with cooking steak and chips for the odd Pakki. 1987 Verbatim Summer 10/2 As for truncation, Aussie, Argie, and Paki range in Britain from good-humored mockery to outright contempt. 1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding ix. 230 Or about Father having left Palazzo and working with a terribly nice Paki. 2002 C. Newland Snakeskin xxii. 297 We beat up kids around our area. You know, all the Pakis and coons that live around here, we used to chase 'em an' kick shit out of 'em. B. adj. (attributive). Pakistani; (also more generally) South Asian. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > South Asia South Asian1821 Paki1972 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Pakistan > [adjective] Pakistani1935 Pak1949 Paki1972 1972 J. Brown Chancer iii. 47 Sergeant Burton and me, we broke in the Paki lodging house. 1994 Observer 21 Aug. 5/6 The Paki boys have gone too far killing someone. 1997 H. Kureishi Love in Blue Time 69 What a job it is, walking round in this Paki gear! Compounds Paki-bash n. an instance of physical assault on, or other violence directed against, people of Pakistani or South Asian birth or descent. ΚΠ 1977 Time 12 Dec. 19/3 Bands of front backers, swinging fists and banner staves, have sallied into peaceful demonstrations by Indians and Pakistanis in what are cruelly called ‘Paki bashes’. 1995 Weekly Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 Feb. 3 Far more sinister versions of Street Racer [sc. a computer game] have become a growth industry in Europe for frustrated neo-Nazis, and include titles such as Paki Bash. Paki-basher n. a person who attacks people of Pakistani or South Asian birth or descent. ΚΠ 1970 Daily Mirror 27 Apr. 6/1 Is the ‘Paki-basher’ mentality typical of today's teenagers? 1976 Times 20 Jan. 12/7 Argument over the precise number of Paki-bashers who can dance on the arms of a swastika. 1999 Independent 29 June ii. 14/1 The Paki-bashers could not drive him out of the East End and from an office, barely a mile from his old school, he has masterminded a campaign to transform the history of British race relations. Paki-bashing n. physical assault on, or other violence directed against, people of Pakistani or South Asian birth or descent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > upon specific types of person wife-beating1650 wife bashing1898 queerbaiting1956 Paki-bashing1970 queer-bashing1970 wife-battering1973 granny bashing1974 granny battering1975 gay-bashing1977 Paki-busting1977 1970 Times 3 Apr. 3/2 ‘Paki-bashing’, as skinheads call it, is not confined to east London. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. ii. iv. 40 ‘Hunting the Barney’..a practice that has much in common with present-day ‘Paki-bashing’. 1995 New Yorker 21 Aug. 119 He ‘grew up at the beginning of Paki-bashing’, when skinhead gangs attacked immigrants' children. Paki-busting n. Canadian now rare = Paki-bashing n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > upon specific types of person wife-beating1650 wife bashing1898 queerbaiting1956 Paki-bashing1970 queer-bashing1970 wife-battering1973 granny bashing1974 granny battering1975 gay-bashing1977 Paki-busting1977 1977 Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 3/1 ‘Paki-busting’ is suddenly a topical phrase in Canada. 1977 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 3 Oct. 60 Signs reading ‘Keep canada [sic] White’ appear in some neighborhoods. A new teen-agers' diversion called ‘Paki busting’ involves physical attacks on brown-skinned people. Paki shop n. a corner shop owned or staffed by a person of Pakistani or South Asian birth or descent. ΚΠ 1983 I. Richard We, British 44 The ‘Paki-shop’—misnamed because most of them were owned, not by Pakistanis, but by Indians from East Africa—appeared to fulfill a vital service. 2000 R. Fernandez America's Banquet of Cultures vii. 202 Allegedly, a company executive told [him]..to use a van ‘parked outside the Paki shop’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1964 |
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