Chinky

Chinky
This article is about British restaurant stereotype. For the pejorative term it derives from, see Chink.

In the United Kingdom, a chinky (sometimes known as a chinky chonky[1], in parts of northern England known as a chinkies, always in the plural) is a slang name for a Chinese takeaway restaurant or the meal that one buys from such a restaurant. The name "chinky" is the adjectival form of chink and, like chink, is an ethnic slur for Chinese and other Asian people.[2] After several campaigns by the Scottish Executive, more people in Scotland now acknowledge that this name is indirectly racist.[3] However, the Broadcasting Standards Commission held in 2002, after a complaint about the BBC One programme The Vicar of Dibley, that when used as the name of a type of restaurant or meal, rather than as an adjective applied to a person or group of people, the word carries no racist connotation.[4] However, a year earlier, the Commission's counterpart, the Radio Authority, apologised for the offence caused by an incident where a DJ on Heart 106.2 used the term.[5] Ofcom, the successor organisation of the two, classifies it as a derivative of the racist term "chink" but notes that the degree to which the term is deemed offensive varies according to age or ethnic origin of the listener.[6]

See also

  • Chippy — a takeaway fish and chips shop
  • Madrassi — an ethnic slur used against people of South India.

References

  1. ^ Ray Puxley (2004). Britslang: An Uncensored A-Z of the People's Language, Including Rhyming Slang. Robson. p. 98. ISBN 1861057288. 
  2. ^ "Lessons in battle against racism". BBC News. 2003-08-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3167697.stm. 
  3. ^ Scottish Executive (2006-09-13). "One Scotland Many Cultures 2005/2006 — Waves 6 and 7 Campaign Evaluation" (PDF). http://www.monitoring-group.co.uk/reports/one_scotland_report_0906.pdf. 
  4. ^ "The Bulletin" (PDF). Broadcasting Standards Commission. 2002-07-25. p. 19. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/bsc/pdfs/bulletin/bulletin56.pdf. 
  5. ^ "Radio Authority Quarterly Complaints Bulletin: April – June 2001" (pdf). Radio Authority. June 2001. p. 25. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/publications-archive/adobe-pdf/regulation/quart-bulletins/bullet42.pdf. 
  6. ^ "Language and Sexual Imagery in Broadcasting: A Contextual Investigation" (PDF). Ofcom. September 2005. p. 85. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/radio/reports/bcr/language.pdf. 

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  • Chinky — Chink y (ch[i^][ng]k [y^]), a. Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chinky — 1879, variant of CHINK (Cf. chink) (2), derogatory term for Chinese person; chiefly British …   Etymology dictionary

  • chinky — n British a. a Chinese restaurant or takeaway food service b. a Chinese meal ► I don t feel like cooking. Let s grab a chinky on the way home. c. a Chinese person. A more patronising or dismissive version of chink …   Contemporary slang

  • chinky — • Chinese takeaway or person. eg. shall we go over the chinky ? (shall we take a visit to the Chinese takeaway ?) …   Londonisms dictionary

  • chinky — See chink1. * * * …   Universalium

  • chinky — 1. adjective a) Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings b) slur Full of Chinese persons 2. noun a) A Chinese takeaway restaurant b) A Chines …   Wiktionary

  • Chinky — n. (Offensive slang) Chinese restaurant, restaurant that serves Chinese food; Chinese person …   English contemporary dictionary

  • chinky — adj. full of chinks, full of cracks …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Chinky — noun (plural Chinkies) informal 1》 offensive a Chinese person. 2》 Brit. a Chinese restaurant …   English new terms dictionary

  • Chinky — Noun. 1. A Chinese person. Offens. 2. A Chinese restaurant or takeaway. Offens. 3. Chinese food, often a takeaway meal. Offens. Adj. Chinese in nature. Offens …   English slang and colloquialisms

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