kadal gurun

• kadrun (derogatory, politics)

Compound of kadal (“lizard”) +‎ gurun (“desert”). First coined in the derogatory sense during the period of the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election,^[1] but it remained largely unknown until 2020.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkadal ˈɡurʊn]

kadal gurun (plural kadal-kadal gurun)

1. Egyptian mastigure, Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, Leptien's mastigure, Egyptian uromastyx, or Egyptian dabb lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia)

   Synonym: dab

2. (derogatory, politics) a term mostly used to refer Indonesian opposition groups, also including narrow-minded people and those influenced by Middle East fundamentalist groups

Mostly abbreviated as kadrun in the derogatory sense.