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The quote says the term is used towards people of Indian origin, not that it alone constitutes its meaning (denotation). Since when do we reference definitions from secondary sources anyway if a word can be found all around? I already specifically provided the 2019 quote for not meaning just Indian, knowing this word in 2017 already and never and still not interpreting it as meaning “an Indian”, the same way “redneck” does not mean “an American”. @Ioaxxere |
Who are these unknown "some people"? The term isn't used to refer to one specific religions community. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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An invented Indian-sounding given name, originating from the "Pajeet, my son" meme created on the {{w|4chan}} message board /int/ in July 2015, mocking Indians' supposed propensity for open-air defecation. This was itself inspired by the "Mehmet, my son" meme, popularized on /int/ in late 2014, which mocked Turkish people.<ref>{{R:KYM|Mehmet My Son|https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mehmet-my-son}}</ref> The term acquired wider online usage in the early 2020s.<ref>{{R:KYM|Pajeet|https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pajeet}}</ref> Although the name does not exist in South Asia, similar-sounding names exist, especially in the Indian state of [[Punjab]]. The ''-jeet'' part is most likely derived from Indian male names ending with {{ |
An invented Indian-sounding given name, originating from the "Pajeet, my son" meme created on the {{w|4chan}} message board /int/ in July 2015, mocking Indians' supposed propensity for [[w:Open defecation|open-air defecation]]. This was itself inspired by the "Mehmet, my son" meme, popularized on /int/ in late 2014, which mocked Turkish people.<ref>{{R:KYM|Mehmet My Son|https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mehmet-my-son}}</ref> The term acquired wider online usage in the early 2020s.<ref>{{R:KYM|Pajeet|https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pajeet}}</ref> Although the name does not exist in South Asia, similar-sounding names exist, especially in the Indian state of [[Punjab]]. The ''-jeet'' part is most likely derived from Indian (Punjabi) male names ending with {{der|en|hi|जीत|t=victory}}, such as {{m|en|Baljeet}} and {{m|en|Sanjeet}}. |
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# {{lb|en|Internet slang|originally|4chan|derogatory|ethnic slur}} |
# {{lb|en|Internet slang|originally|4chan|derogatory|ethnic slur}} A person of [[South Asian#Adjective|South Asian]] ancestry. |
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#: {{syn|en|poojeet<q:ethnic slur>}} |
#: {{syn|en|poojeet<q:ethnic slur>}} |
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#* {{quote-av|en|author=Luke Smith|title=Leave Amazon? You can't LEAVE Amazon!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0NTmUR7pI&t=253|time=4:13|date=13 April 2019|passage=You used to be able to e-mail some Amazon representative and get your account deleted maybe; you can't do that anymore, what you have to do nowadays is you either have to live-chat with a '''pajeet''' or you have to manually call them.}} |
#* {{quote-av|en|author=Luke Smith|title=Leave Amazon? You can't LEAVE Amazon!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0NTmUR7pI&t=253|time=4:13|date=13 April 2019|passage=You used to be able to e-mail some Amazon representative and get your account deleted maybe; you can't do that anymore, what you have to do nowadays is you either have to live-chat with a '''pajeet''' or you have to manually call them.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|author=Patrik Hermansson|author2=David Lawrence|author3=Joe Mulhall|author4=Simon Murdoch|chapter=Myth, Mysticism, India, and the Alt-Right|title=The International Alt-Right: Fascism for the 21st Century?|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Routledge|date=31 January 2020|page=unnumbered|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=43fNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT188|isbn=978-0-429-62709-5|passage=A glance at the comments section of any alt-right website will confront the viewer with crude racism towards people of non-white ethnicities, not least people of Indian origin, who are various degraded as "'''Pajeets'''," "street-shitters," or stereotyped as sexual harassers. Of course, this is unsurprising for a movement rooted in white supremacy.|brackets=on}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Patrik Hermansson|author2=David Lawrence|author3=Joe Mulhall|author4=Simon Murdoch|chapter=Myth, Mysticism, India, and the Alt-Right|title=The International Alt-Right: Fascism for the 21st Century?|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Routledge|date=31 January 2020|page=unnumbered|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=43fNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT188|isbn=978-0-429-62709-5|passage=A glance at the comments section of any alt-right website will confront the viewer with crude racism towards people of non-white ethnicities, not least people of Indian origin, who are various degraded as "'''Pajeets'''," "street-shitters," or stereotyped as sexual harassers. Of course, this is unsurprising for a movement rooted in white supremacy.|brackets=on}} |
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====Usage notes==== |
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* There is substantial variation with regards to how broadly the term is applied.<ref>{{R:UD|pajeet}}</ref><ref>{{cite-web|en|author=anonymous 4chan posters<!--for the most part-->|title=Who is a pajeet?|work=w:4chan|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429214340/https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/438493719|location=w:/pol/|date=19 August 2023}}</ref> |
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====Derived terms==== |
====Derived terms==== |
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{{col-auto|en|jeet|pajeetware|poojeet |
{{col-auto|en|jeet<t:an investor who is extremely risk-averse>|pajeetware<t:poor-quality software created in India>|poojeet}} |
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====See also==== |
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{{col-auto|en|street shitter}} |
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Revision as of 19:10, 7 May 2024
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
An invented Indian-sounding given name, originating from the "Pajeet, my son" meme created on the 4chan message board /int/ in July 2015, mocking Indians' supposed propensity for open-air defecation. This was itself inspired by the "Mehmet, my son" meme, popularized on /int/ in late 2014, which mocked Turkish people.[1] The term acquired wider online usage in the early 2020s.[2] Although the name does not exist in South Asia, similar-sounding names exist, especially in the Indian state of Punjab. The -jeet part is most likely derived from Indian (Punjabi) male names ending with Hindi जीत (jīt, “victory”), such as Baljeet and Sanjeet.
Noun
pajeet (plural pajeets)
- (Internet slang, originally 4chan, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of South Asian ancestry.
- Synonym: (ethnic slur) poojeet
- 2019 April 13, Luke Smith, 4:13 from the start, in Leave Amazon? You can't LEAVE Amazon![2]:
- You used to be able to e-mail some Amazon representative and get your account deleted maybe; you can't do that anymore, what you have to do nowadays is you either have to live-chat with a pajeet or you have to manually call them.
- [2020 January 31, Patrik Hermansson, David Lawrence, Joe Mulhall, Simon Murdoch, “Myth, Mysticism, India, and the Alt-Right”, in The International Alt-Right: Fascism for the 21st Century?, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- A glance at the comments section of any alt-right website will confront the viewer with crude racism towards people of non-white ethnicities, not least people of Indian origin, who are various degraded as "Pajeets," "street-shitters," or stereotyped as sexual harassers. Of course, this is unsurprising for a movement rooted in white supremacy.]
Usage notes
Derived terms
- jeet (“an investor who is extremely risk-averse”)
- pajeetware (“poor-quality software created in India”)
- poojeet
See also
References
- ^ “Mehmet My Son”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007
- ^ “Pajeet”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007
- ^ “pajeet”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
- ^ anonymous 4chan posters (2023 August 19) “Who is a pajeet?”, in 4chan[1], /pol/, archived from the original on 2024-04-29