binatang nogut

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From binatang (“pest, germ”) +‎ nogut (“bad, immoral”).

Noun

binatang nogut

  1. A harmful pest.
    • 2006, anonymous author, Faivpela Rot Long Stretim Gutpela Na Klinpela Kaikai‎[1]:
      Lukautim gut ol kaikai na ples bilong stretim kaikai bai ol binatang nogut i noken bagarapim.
      Take good care of food and food sources so that they are not damaged by pests.
  2. A pathogen that causes a serious illness.
    • 2016, anonymous author, Kirap!‎[2]:
      Jakob Kolletschka em wanwok na pren bilong Semmelweis i bin dai taim ol binatang nogut i go insait long blut bilong em na em i sik.
      Semmelweis' colleague and friend Jakob Kolletschka died when dangerous pathogens entered his bloodstream and made him ill.
  3. (colloquial, dated, derogatory, offensive, proscribed) HIV
    • 2021, Janet Gare, “Archived copy”, in Health Security Hero: Dr Janet Gare‎[3] (in English), archived from the original on 18 March 2025:
      Back then people were referring to HIV as binatang nogut and to AIDS as sik nogut, both of which imply that it’s a bad infection or disease, with sik nogut specifically making a moral judgement about those infected.

Usage notes

The term is considered offensive as a term for HIV because it falsely implies that all people with the disease engaged in behaviors considered by many Papuans to be immoral, such as premarital sexual intercourse and drug use. In reality, many people contract HIV prenatally or through faulty blood transfusions.

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