pajeet
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Etymology
An invented Indian-sounding given name from the meme “Pajeet, my son”, a derivation of “Mehmet, my son”, that circulated on the 4chan message boards /pol/, /bant/ and /int/ from late 2013 in relation to ongoing mockery of Indians' propensity for open-air defecation. The term has since acquired wider online usage.
The name doesn't exist in South Asia though similar-sounding names exist, most notably in the Indian state of Punjab. Specifically, it was possibly derived from Punjabi ਭਾਜੀ (bhājī, “male term of address”) / بھاجی (bhājī) or ਭਤੀਜਾ (bhatījā, “brother's son, friendly term of address”) / بَھتِیجا (bhatījā). The “-jeet” part was derived from Indian male names ending with the suffix Hindi जीत (jīt, “victory”) like Sanjeet.
Noun
pajeet (plural pajeets)
- (Internet slang, derogatory, alt-right, ethnic slur) An Indian, a person from India or considered to resemble an Indian and suspected to have sub-par living conditions.
- 2019 April 13, Luke Smith (well-known YouTuber speaking to young people hanging around on the internet much), Leave Amazon? You can't LEAVE Amazon!, 4:13:
- You used to be able to e-mail some Amazon representative and get your account deleted maybe; you can’t do that anymore, what you have to do nowadays is you either have to live-chat with a pajeet or you have to manually call them.