distoon
English translation: cartoon-character
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| English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Slang / Insults | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Ken Cox Local time: 19:09 | ||||||
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| 2 +3 | cartoon-character |
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| 3 +1 | dis coon = this coon |
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| 1 +1 | Possibly relates to racial mixing |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Possibly relates to racial mixing Explanation: Given that mulignan is a racial insult, and extrapolating from words like quadroon or octoroon etc, which relate to people's ancestry, it could be someone who has a distant ancestor who was black - dist- (distant) -oon (offspring of black/white/mixed parents.) |
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25 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1dis coon = this coon Explanation: Can't find anything for Distoon except that it's the name of a film from the Disney studios, which it would hardly be if it were a racial insult. Could it possibly be "dis coon"? "Coon" is an insulting word for black people, and "dis coon" is a variant of it in alleged imitation of the way they talk. Ragged But Right: Black Travelling Shows, "Coon Songs", and the ... - Google Books Result by Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff - 2007 - 461 pages (Dis Coon Has Got De Blues)," in which "the pleading of a melancholy 'cullud' gen'man" was said to be "vividly depicted." In 1901 black composers Chris ... books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1578069017... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2008-08-29 15:50:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Trying to get a link reference that will work. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CHbrcxTee1UC&pg=PA26&lpg=... |
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36 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3cartoon-character Explanation: Possibly -- among other things, Distoon is vernacular for DisneyToon Studios, where 'toon' is an American phonetic spelling of 'tune', short for 'cartoon'. Subject to further context, a 'distoon mulignan' could thus be a cartoon-figure 'mulignan', which would translate into something like (to avoid being overly offensive) 'goofey darkey'. I don't see any obvious indication from googling that 'distoon' is itself insulting. ref: Distoon Draws New Execs http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4883734-... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 40 mins (2008-08-29 16:01:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- sorry... make that 'toon is an abbreviated form of "cartoon" and is common informal usage in the USA'. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2008-08-29 21:17:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hot off the press: apparently 'distoon' is a typo or a variant of 'ditsune' (or 'ditsoon'), which is also Italian slang for a black person. see what does 'ditsune' mean anyways? do u know? Reply i forgot...anyway you are right about the meaning.ciao Reply oh yeah! DITSOON: Italian word for black person. Literal meaning is burnt. " So lets get this straight, your'e ditsoon, charcial briquette,a mulignan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lWu2aIqAz8 |
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