yellow man

See also: yellowman

English

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Noun

yellow man (plural yellow men)

  1. (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An Asian man or someone with Asian heritage
  2. (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) Asian people collectively; Asian culture.
    • 1984, Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.”:
      Got in a little hometown jam / So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man.
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