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"Asian baby girl", commonly abbreviated "ABG" and sometimes referred to as "Asian bad girl" or "Asian baby gangster", is a term that arose in the 1990s New York City area, originally used to describe Chinese American women involved in gangster subcultures.
Maggot(s) in the rice: [25] A derogatory term in contemporary Chinese culture referring to baby girls; the term is typically associated with 20th century China's authoritarian "One Child Policy", which limited birth of children per family and also favoured male children. China's government has since implemented efforts to change this perception.
Burikko (ぶりっ子, sometimes rendered Burriko in English) is a Japanese term for girls or women who act coy, or deliberately cute and/or innocent in a put-on way. The term was coined around 1980, likely by Japanese comedian Kuniko Yamada. [1] [2] Burikko style is often associated with Japanese idols of the 1980s such as Seiko Matsuda.
Gen Z has come up with yet another pop culture phrase to baffle anyone born before the year 2000. On the Feb. 2 edition of Hoda & Jenna, the hosting duo puzzled over a popular Gen Z slang term ...
The term has lost much of its derogatory connotation and is now used fairly regularly in place of the word "Argentine." Kwai Jai (鬼仔) (Hong Kong) A White male. "Kwai" means ghost and "Jai" means a boy or male. Kwai Lo (鬼佬) (Hong Kong) A White male. See Gweilo. Kwai Mui (鬼妹) (Hong Kong) A White girl.
Though the term was originally coined in reference to Indian Americans, it has been adopted by the South Asian diaspora at large. The term desi comes from the Hindi word देश (deś, lit. ' homeland '). The word has its origin in Sanskrit, deśa, and is pronounced desh in the Bengali language.
Bae (/ b eɪ / BAY) is a slang term of endearment, [1] primarily used among youth. It came into widespread use around 2013 and 2014 through social media and hip-hop and R&B lyrics. [ 2 ] The term originated as an abbreviation of the word baby or babe .
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