• cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    It seems to be a term directed at white people, so no, probably not… I don’t speak Hindi, I just remember seeing the etymology of Ferengi a while back. I guess a better (and more modern) comparison would be a restaurant named “FOBs”

    FERINGHEE - India, usually disparaging : a Eurasian especially of Portuguese-Indian descent

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Feringhee