Insek kwakang

Cebuano Alternative forms ceb Insik wakang ceb Intsik wakang ceb Insik gwakang ceb Inchik wakang ceb Inchek kwakang ceb Inchik gwakang Etymology From ceb 1 of earlier doggerels, such as ceb Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang Chinese (Coolie#Chinese_coolies laborer), I work, eat, and shit!John U. Wolff A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40074/40074-h/40074-h.htm 1972 or ceb Insek kwakang baboy tikangkang Chinese (laborer), I work and pose like a pig!, which were old discriminatory derogatory Bisayan languages visayan doggerels repeatedly sang by children on the streets during the late 1800s, when opium dens were rampant and many overseas Chinese migrants worked as low-wage laborers. The words themselves are ceb Insik Chinese + ceb wakang ethnic slur expression used to tease Chinese, both deriving from ceb nan-hbl 引叔 ín-chek uncle and ceb nan-hbl 我工 guá kang I work or nan-hbl 我空 óa-khàng! my heavens!; OMG!; wow! expletive. Pronunciation ceb In sek kwa kang Interjection ceb interjection Insek kwákang! ceb ethnic slur slang derogatory offensive A doggerel used to tease or insult a Chinese person or Filipinos of Chinese descent. Noun Insek kwákang ceb offensive ethnic slur a person with Chinese-like facial features; a Chinese person or Filipino of Chinese descent Usage notes Usage is usually particularly offensive or provocative as a derogatory ethnic slur doggerel from its crude or pejorative connotations in the past, especially to Chinese Filipinos. Derived terms ceb Tsekwa ceb wákang insik, tsíbay! ceb wakang! References