- “Hey brown girls have to stick together because it just isn’t as easy these days. And if we don’t, who else do we have?”
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adjective
South Asian including regions: India, Bengal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal. Refers to people of South Asia not including those typically classified as “Asian” that have darker skin color and culture similar to that of countries listed first. from Old English brun "dark, dusky," developing a definite color sense by the 13th century; from Proto-Germanic *brunaz and from PIE *bher- (3) "shining, brown"; related to *bheros "dark animal" and Greek phrynos "toad," literally "the brown animal". Underwent metaphor from brown skin to calling people brown (metonymy – skin defining the person).
Etymology : from Old English brun "dark, dusky," developing a definite color sense by the 13th century; from Proto-Germanic *brunaz and from PIE *bher- (3) "shining, brown"; related to *bheros "dark animal" and Greek phrynos "toad," literally "the brown animal". Underwent metaphor from brown skin to calling people brown (metonymy – skin defining the person).
Source : October 2013 - conversation with a friend
Last modified: 26 November 2013