dot or feather

短语
中文释义

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to inquire whether a person described as "Indian" is a Native American or from the Indian subcontinent. US,offensive
    — Oddly, the only bons mots that this crowd can recall all have to do with India: Kenneth Jay Lane cites her “Indian? Dot or feather?” and others come up with puns about Chutney Marys and Chutney Miras or quick jokes about pujas.

词形变化

dots, not feathers alternative red dot or feather alternative

词源

A reference to the bindi and the feathered war bonnet. First attested in a 1993 Vanity Fair article, where it is attributed to Gita Mehta.
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