skinnie

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Etymology

Named by American soldiers stationed in Somalia who felt that Somali culture was strange enough to seem "alien", comparing the Somalis to a race of aliens from the novel "Starship Troopers", which was popular among American soldiers. This term was not related to the famine in Somalia in the 1990's.[1][2][3]

Noun

skinnie (plural skinnies)

  1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, uncommon, usually in the plural) Someone of Somali descent.
    • 2000, Ken Nolan (contributor), Black Hawk Down, The Shooting Script, page 94:
      Hey, watch out for skinnies. They're all over the rooftops.
    • 2011, Robert F. Baumann, "My Clan Against the World" - Us and Coalition Forces in Somalia 1992-1994:
      It was not long before many UNITAF personnel in Mogadishu and the outlying HRSs began referring to the Somalis as “skinnies,” or using other derogatory terms.

References

  1. ^ Black Hawk Down trivia, IMDB.
  2. ^ [1], Hatebase.
  3. ^ [2], Coffeeordie.com

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