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("Farang" is the Thai word for foreigner).
"Ferengi, ferengi!" shriek the children (the word for foreigner).
And the term "lao wai," a less than endearing word for foreigner, hangs thickly in the air.
School-age returnees, for example, say they are often taunted by their schoolmates with the term "gaijin," a mildly derogatory word for foreigner.
Mr. Moustaki made his name as a singer in 1969 with "Le Métèque" — a pejorative word for foreigner — in which he described himself as a "wandering Jew" and a "Greek shepherd".
Some U.S. and Japanese critics complained that the U.S. call for evacuation was excessive and sowed panic; those who fled came to be called "fly-jin," a play on gaijin, the Japanese word for foreigner.
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"Obviously, most of the guys profiling to come over here are guys that are going to hit a lot of home runs, but I don't have to hit as many as maybe other gaijin," Murton said in a recent interview, using the word for foreigners.
Or they shout out the Amharic words for "Foreigner!" and "White Face!" The city is not exactly "attractive".
'Farang', the Thai word for 'white foreigner' is Andy's nickname around Thailand.
The lingo got buzz from "Kanak Sprak", a book published in 1995 (Kanake is an insulting word for certain foreigners).
The name he has give it, Adjnabistan, derives from the Arabic word for "stranger" or "foreigner".
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