Chinkland

English

Alternative forms

• Chink-land, Chink land, chinkland, chink land, chink-land

Etymology

From Chink +‎ -land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɪŋklænd/

Proper noun

Chinkland

1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) China.
   • 2014, JR Carroll, Cheaters, →ISBN:

     'So-so?' he mimicked. So-so? Where does that fuckin' come from, Danny? Chinkland?'

2. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Loosely, East Asia or (chiefly US) Asia in general.
   • 2004, Caroline Hwang, In Full Bloom, →ISBN, page 47:

     I used to tell the kids who slanted their eyes and told me to go back to Chinkland that I was a direct descendant of Robert E. Lee, giving me more right to live in this country than they had.

   • 2013, H. W. "Buzz" Bernard, Supercell, →ISBN:

     Shit, all they wanted was to be back in Wyoming or South Carolina or Pennsylvania or wherever the hell they came from, copping a feel at a drive-in movie, sneaking a fifth with the guys, dreaming of their first car. Not slogging through a stinking tropical jungle in Chinkland, fighting off malaria, wondering if a Bouncing Betty was going to blow their balls off.

See also

• Gookland