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Is it rascist? Probibly yes I know!
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If your child comes home from school dirty or in from the garden dirty is it acceptable to call them a dirty arab? (NO i hear you cry out in unison)
I always use the term mucky pup but the other day i said dirty arab (not sure why, never used it before and probibly havn't heard the expression since the 1970's) and my wife was mortified.
but it made me think where it came from?
my parents might have said it to me as a child or most definalty my grandparents.....but were /are arabs dirty.......maybe filthy rich but why dirty or is this an expression confined just to my family relativesor area?
I always use the term mucky pup but the other day i said dirty arab (not sure why, never used it before and probibly havn't heard the expression since the 1970's) and my wife was mortified.
but it made me think where it came from?
my parents might have said it to me as a child or most definalty my grandparents.....but were /are arabs dirty.......maybe filthy rich but why dirty or is this an expression confined just to my family relativesor area?
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An Arab is an old name for an urchin or guttersnipe (from street Arab) hence the expression 'dirty little arab', common at one time but now virtually redundant. It probably originates from the child beggars in the Middle East in the 19/20C. I remember using the phrase in the 60s/70s but would not think of doing so now. When in use it was more of a humorous reproach to a child who had got himself dirty while playing outside, and had no real racial overtones.
Don't worry about the racist thing Mr Incredible, although there will be some PC do-gooders out there that may Tut, Dirty Arab is the term given to arab oil barons who live extravengent lifestyles contrasting to their poor slave workers.
Generally dirty arab people live in Duabi, drive luxury cars, own palaces, degrade women, wear silk turbans and marry slutty women who will do anything for a buck.
While there slave workers live in derelict conditions, recive minimal pay and work 12hr days in 50 degree heat
Generally dirty arab people live in Duabi, drive luxury cars, own palaces, degrade women, wear silk turbans and marry slutty women who will do anything for a buck.
While there slave workers live in derelict conditions, recive minimal pay and work 12hr days in 50 degree heat
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