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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 吐瀉. The political sense is reinforced by cánh tả.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰo˧˩ taː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰow˧˨ taː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰow˨˩˦ taː˨˩˦]

Noun

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  1. vomiting and having diarrhea

Adjective

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  1. (literary and colloquial) garbage, shitty and useless
  2. (politics, colloquial and derogatory, especially amongst Overseas Vietnamese and democracy activists, as well as other anti-communists) leftarded; libtarded[1]

References

  1. ^ https://libcom.org/article/queerphobia-vietnam
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