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  2. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    • ID photo - the washing of your face and teeth only, instead of your whole body (e.g: “I’m late so I am going to do an ID photo.”) • Is not make sure - To say that something is not good, not convincing, an overreach or delusional at the worst. (e.g: “This new chips flavour is not make sure”) • Like things - Used to call someone ...

  3. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about adherents or non-believers of a given religion or irreligion, or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner.

  4. I Am – Somebody - Wikipedia

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    "I Am – Somebody" is a poem often recited by Reverend Jesse Jackson, and was used as part of PUSH-Excel, a program designed to motivate black students. [ 1 ] A similar poem was written in the early 1940s by Reverend William Holmes Borders , Sr., senior pastor at the Greater Wheat Street Baptist Church and civil rights activist in Atlanta ...

  5. Is the term ‘coconut’ controversial, racist – or both?

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    “â â As someone who has been called a coconut and told ‘they aren’t black enough’ since they could speak,” he posted online, “If we’re criminalising ‘hate’, I’m glad we’re ...

  6. First They Came - Wikipedia

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    A longer version by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, a charity established by the British government, is as follows: [4] First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists

  7. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language , for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person."

  8. Romanian profanity - Wikipedia

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    Scroafă, a word meaning "sow", is often used in the same sense as the English bitch. Men can be insulted with the term bou meaning "castrated bull". Other animals that can be used for insulting people include: goose ( gâscă , usually used for women, with the sense "stupid"), donkey ( măgar , told to a "stubborn" or "selfish" person, or ...

  9. Gammon (insult) - Wikipedia

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    A half-sliced piece of gammon. A 2004 sports feature in The Observer described Rupert Lowe as the "gammon-cheeked Southampton chairman". [5]In 2010, Caitlin Moran wrote that British Prime Minister David Cameron resembled "a slightly camp gammon robot" and "a C3PO made of ham" in her 13 March column in The Times, [6] later collected in her 2012 anthology Moranthology.