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KKK
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kkk ККК
English
Etymology
The Philippine sense is from en tl KKK.
Proper noun
en US politics en Ku Klux Klan.
en 2015 Critical Animal Geographies Heidi Nast Rosemary-Claire Collard;Kathryn Gillespie Pit Bulls, Slavery, and Whiteness in the Mid- to Late-Nineteenth-Century U.S. 138 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.
en Chris Christou There is No Such Thing as Overtourism The End of Tourism https://www.theendoftourism.com/essays/there-is-no-such-thing-as-overtourism The “over” and “under” prefixes, however, seem only to be applied to things that we, as a culture or collective, determine to be tolerable in the first place. Each prefix transmits a deviation in what is or can be tolerated. For example, when was the last time you heard a KKK member described as “overracist?” Why don’t we speak of law-abiding citizens as “undercriminal?” When was the last time you spoke of “underviolence” or “overcomfortable?” The “over” and “under” is only applied to those things we already understand as manageable or expected. https://web.archive.org/web/20260308041744/https://www.theendoftourism.com/essays/there-is-no-such-thing-as-overtourism
en Philippines historical en Katipunan.
Derived terms
en Amerikkka AmeriKKKunt demokkkracy DemoKKKrat KKKanada KKKer KKKonfederate LiKKKud netKKKop RepubliKKKan
en reduplicated coordinated triples
en Ku Klux Klan
Estonian
Etymology 1
et korduma kippuvad küsimused frequently asked questions.
Noun
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FAQ
Etymology 2
Borrowed from et en KKK.
Noun
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KKK Ku Klux Klan
Further reading
et Ku Klux Klan
Portuguese
Alternative forms
KKKK, KKKKK, KKKKKK (and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laugh)
Interjection
pt interjection
pt Internet slang text messaging pt kkk
Usage notes
It may express a laughter that is louder or more intense than lower-case kkk.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl K.K.K.
thumb|Unang watawat ng Katipunan na nagpapakita ng "KKK" (The first flag of the Katipunan showing the abbreviation "KKK")
Etymology
Short form of the full tl KKKNMANB, tl Kataas-taasang Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan Highest, Most Respected Assembly of the Children/Sons of the Nation 1, the full name of the Katipunan.
Pronunciation
key key key ka ka ka<qq:obsolete>
Proper noun
tl Katipunan
tl 1968 Jean Donald Bowen Babasahing Panggitnang Baytang Sa Tagalog Univ of California Press 153 [...Basahin kung ano pa ang ibang nangyari sa Katipunan.] Ang “Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" o ang “K.K.K.“ na lalong kilala sa tawag na Katipunan, ay isang samahang lihim ng mga manghihimagsik ... [...Read what more happened to the Katipunan.] The “Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" or the “K.K.K.“ more especially known as Katipunan, is a secret organization of revolutionaries ...
tl 1975 General [quezon] Education Journal Ibig sabihin nito'y hindi na kinikilala ng pamahalaan ang KKK, bagamat ang pag-iral ng mga lokal na sangay ay hindi kaagad nagwakas. This means the government no longer recognizes the KKK, although the implementation of local branches did not end immediately.
tl 1992 Santiago V. Alvarez The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General : with the Original Tagalog Text Ateneo University Press 9789715500777 Napag-usapan ang pagbabangon ng isang Alituntuning-Batas (Constitucion), bagaman mayroon na ang K.K.K., na siyang pinagbabatayan ng mga Pamunuang Sanggunian at Balangay; mga kaugaliang sinusunod. The establishment of a Rule of Law (Constitution) was discussed, although the K.K.K. already has one, which is being used as the basis of the Leadership Councils and the Members; customs that are followed.