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Insek kwakang baboy tikangkang
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Cebuano
Alternative forms
ceb Insik wakang, baboy tikangkang!
ceb Intsik gwakang, baboy tikangkang!
Etymology
From ceb Insik Chinese + ceb wakang ethnic slur expression used to tease Chinese + ceb baboy pig + ceb tikangkang to fall or lie down with the legs raised.
Chinese (laborer), pig (with) legs up in the air!. Also rhyming as a doggerel. Likely used during the late 1800s in the History of the Philippines (1565–1898) Late Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines, when opium dens were rampant and many overseas Chinese migrants worked as low-wage Coolie laborers. Compare with ceb Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang!, tl Intsik beho, tulo laway!
Pronunciation
ceb In sek kwa kang ba boy ti kang kang
Insek kwakang baboy tikangkang
Phrase
ceb phrase Insek kwákang, baboy tikangkang!
ceb ethnic slur slang derogatory offensive dated A doggerel used to tease or insult a Chinese person or Filipinos of Chinese descent.
Noun
Insek kwákang, baboy tikangkang
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 Insik wakang, baboy tikangkang, kaon, kalibang!<t:Chinese (laborer), pig (with) legs up in the air, eat and shit!> ceb Insek kwakang! ceb Insik wakang! ceb wákang insik, tsíbay! ceb wakang! Tsekwa
Related terms
ceb Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang!