Talk:fishhead
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RFV-sense "A person from Southeast Asia." I spotted the addition while patrolling recent changes and tried various search terms to see if I could find citations, to no luck, everything seemed to be referring to actual fish heads, the navy sense, a sense "fisherman" that we're missing (might or might not just be that sense 2 should be broader, like a "member of a navy, or a sailor, such a fisherman"), or to people whose facial features were being compared to a fish's (but the people were an American waitress and an ?Italian? officer, not Asians). Maybe someone else knows better search terms. (This book lists it among a variety of -head "ethnophaulisms", but glosses it as "Japanese" specifically.) - -sche (discuss) 18:19, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hard to find cites because the literal meaning is overwhelmingly common. I found these two ([1], [2]) which at least confirm that people use it as a racial slur. They're however quite list-y. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 19:14, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Not so hard after all with the right queries. Cited. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 19:23, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- I see; thanks for figuring out how to find it. - -sche (discuss) 20:40, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
RFV-passed This, that and the other (talk) 01:24, 4 March 2022 (UTC)