Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang
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Cebuano[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Insik (“Chinese”) + wakang (“ethnic slur expression used to tease Chinese”) + kaon (“to eat”) + kalibang (“to defecate”).
Literally, “Chinese (laborer), I work, eat, and shit!”. Also rhyming as a limerick. Likely used during the late 1800s in the Late Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines, when opium dens were rampant and many overseas Chinese migrants worked as low-wage laborers. Compare with Tagalog Intsik beho, tulo laway!
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: In‧sik wa‧kang, ka‧on, ka‧li‧bang
- IPA(key): /ˌʔinsik ˌwakaŋ ˌkaon kaˈlibaŋ/, [ˌʔin̪.s̪ɪk ˌwa.kʌŋ ˌka.ɔn̪ kʌˈl̪i.bʌŋ]
Phrase[edit]
- (ethnic slur, slang, derogatory, offensive, dated) A limerick used to tease or insult a Chinese person or Filipinos of Chinese descent.
Usage notes[edit]
- Usage is usually particularly offensive or provocative as a derogatory ethnic slur limerick from its crude or pejorative connotations in the past, especially to Chinese Filipinos.
Derived terms[edit]
- Insik wakang, baboy tikangkang, kaon, kalibang! (“Chinese (laborer), I work, pose like a pig, eat, and shit!”)
- Insik wakang!
- wákang insik, tsíbay!
- wakang!
- Tsekwa
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- John U. Wolff (1972) A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1]