Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 09:04:49 +0530
Subject: bacra



hi
amazing pun travelling a long distance. the word probably derives from
the lamb (hindi/urdu: bakra); derived bcos of white coluring; dismissive
refrence to an innocent or generally a simpleton; in certain usage a
fall guy; travelled to caribbean with indian workers.

such animal terms often used to get back at 'superiors'; one of the
commonest word for a pet dog in pre/peri-indep india was 'tommy' and
still is used quite often, though probably having lost it's subversive
meaning along the way.

sjain
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