Paki

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Pak·i

(păk′ē)

n. pl. Pak·is Chiefly British Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a person of Pakistani or South Asian birth or ancestry.

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Paki

(ˈpækɪ)

n, pl Pakis

1. (Peoples) a Pakistani or person of Pakistani descent

2. (Peoples) (loosely) a person from any part of the Indian subcontinent

adj

3. (Peoples) Pakistani or of Pakistani descent

4. (Peoples) (loosely) denoting a person from the Indian subcontinent

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Pak•i

(ˈpæk i, ˈpɑ ki)

n., pl. Pak•is.

usage: This term is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as highly insulting.

—n.

Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a Pakistani or other S Asian, esp. one who has emigrated to Britain or a Commonwealth nation.)

[1960–65; by shortening]

Translations

Arabe du coinpoundé

Paki

(pej inf)

n (= person) → Pakistani mf

adj shop etc → pakistanisch

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The court was told that occupants of the Mazda were allegedly heard shouting: "Pakis, pakis, we're coming for you," followed by: "Pakis, we are going to come back and shoot you," shortly before the incident, which happened on August 10 at around 1.15am.

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One of my senior officers even told me that they "don't take Pakis in the SAS." One of them actually threw my application in the bin.

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Mr Nawaz alleged he was told by one of his bosses that the firm was planning to "get rid of the Pakis and bring in the Poles".

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Landlord Glenn McDowall said: "Starting some months ago, local yobs have been throwing eggs at the flats occupied by the Indian nurses and screaming abuse such as 'Go home pakis'.

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Rafie, captain of St Mungo's High School in Falkirk, said: "They were shouting 'f***ing Pakis, Paki b***s', the same racial abuse over and over."

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Maybe I'm sensitive on this point, but I tend to take it personally when a million Iranians gather in Teheran to shout "Death to America!" And while we're fussing about semantics, I beg the President to refrain from referring to the residents of Pakistan as "Pakis." Maybe you mean it as an affectionate nickname--like calling corpo-terrorist Lay "Kenny Boy"--but it doesn't play well in Peshawar.

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PRESIDENT George Bush meant no disrespect when he called Pakistanis Pakis, his spokesman said today.

Bush 'meant no harm'

And deep within their name-calling is envy at the progress made by Pakistanis, Sikhs, Hindus and Bangladeshis: the section of Britain that uses the word is too unintelligent to understand the differences involved here, so allude to all from the Indian sub-continent as Pakis.

P-word is awful but can't we all just grow up?

A SQUADDIE who boasted he was "going to kill Pakis" - just before he is due to go to war in Afghanistan - was yesterday fined pounds 450.

Soldier's race rant disgrace

A man who sent an email to a Birmingham-based Muslim charity saying "kill all Pakis" just three weeks after the London bombings has been fined pounds 400.