Talk:Asiatic
Latest comment: 3 years ago by -sche in topic RFM discussion: October 2020
Negative Connotation[edit]
I'd like to know more about what gives this word a negative connotation. --Leif Runenritzer (talk) 22:52, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
- I also just came here to ask this. Equinox ◑ 16:41, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
- I suspect it has to do with race theory and social Darwinism. I believe "Asiatic" is the older term, and was likely used in a derogatory way long enough that the term itself became offensive thanks to it's being used by offensive people. Or perhaps it has to do with its use during WWII...I think that's how Jap became offensive. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 19:49, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
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The sense "eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time in the Far East" seems to be restricted to the phrase "go Asiatic", in which case it should be moved to go Asiatic (compare postal, go postal). - -sche (discuss) 03:03, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
- I added that sense. All citations are using go. Feel free to move but please link as a derived term. Equinox ◑ 09:39, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
- If I'm not mistaken, you got this term from my word list. I was able to find the original citations that prompted me to add it, and neither of them are with "go". So I think it can stay where it is. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 19:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm, OK. - -sche (discuss) 08:10, 27 October 2020 (UTC)