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Bait or rtaration. Call it. (lemy.lol)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by nzmaa@lemy.lol to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ya gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From the wiki:

The implication makes fun of a typical Indian male's name.

Doesn't say it's not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

And what does it say right above that?

An invented term for a South Asian person.

And from CubitOom’s link:

An invented Indian-sounding given name

And from the sources cited on Wikipedia:

a derogatory made-up Indian name originating on 4chan in 2015

First seen on 4Chan, The term "pajeet" is an ethnic slur, coined as a derisive imitation of Indian names