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Originally posted by Puft Daddy
bitch please. Two different things entirely. Two words which happened to be spelled the same way, albeit pronounced differently. One is a slur, the other isn't. If you checked the etymolgy (sp), you'd find that they're derived from different places.
My quick dictionary check says:
Gook:
noun: a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
noun: any thick messy substance
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yeah, that is in dictionary.com. more interesting to me is that after the disparaging term definition, it says [syn: slant-eye]. Who knew dictionary.com would give synonyms for offensive terms? Live and learn.
