What's a Coolie?

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Excuse my ignorance, but what is a coolie?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/15/1071336893826.html

― Bennö (Bennö), Monday, 15 December 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Greetings Benno,

a coolie is a term of derision, it means 'An unskilled Asian laborer' [dictionary.com]. It can also mean slave. Not a good term to use towards our Indian visitors, or Indian Australians.

regards,

REB

― Rik E Boy (Rik E Boy), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, a 'coolie' is "an unskilled laborer or porter usually in or from the Far East hired for low or subsistence wages". So basicially, a lowlife scumbag.

― Kiwi in Oz (Kiwi in Oz), Monday, 15 December 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for that, I honestly had no idea what it meant.

Not a great endorsement of the Australian kulcha, but really, what else would be expected by people forced to drink worst end.

― Bennö (Bennö), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

*frowns*...it mentioned BrisVegas as well in that article Benno...

regards,

REB

― Rik E Boy (Rik E Boy), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The beer argument still well and truly holds up....

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

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