Chinkland

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Etymology[edit]

From Chink +‎ -land.

Proper noun[edit]

Chinkland

  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) China.
    • 2014, JR Carroll, Cheaters, →ISBN:
      'So-so?' he mimicked. So-so? Where does that fuckin' come from, Danny? Chinkland?'
  2. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Loosely, East Asia or (chiefly US) Asia in general.
    • 2004, Caroline Hwang, In Full Bloom, →ISBN, page 47:
      I used to tell the kids who slanted their eyes and told me to go back to Chinkland that I was a direct descendant of Robert E. Lee, giving me more right to live in this country than they had.
    • 2013, H. W. "Buzz" Bernard, Supercell, →ISBN:
      Shit, all they wanted was to be back in Wyoming or South Carolina or Pennsylvania or wherever the hell they came from, copping a feel at a drive-in movie, sneaking a fifth with the guys, dreaming of their first car. Not slogging through a stinking tropical jungle in Chinkland, fighting off malaria, wondering if a Bouncing Betty was going to blow their balls off.

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