What is Aborfridgine?
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Pronounced - Abor-fridge-inney
Collective name for the indigenous people of the
Tom - "'ere what do you call that bunch of nose-rubbers that live in th'Arctic?"
Dick - "I do believe these days the preferred term is 'Inuit'."
Harry - "Jeeze mate you can't refer to them all as the Inuit or you'll upset the Kalaallit of Greenland!"
Dick - "Well..., Eskimo then?"
Harry - "No way Jose! If you call them all Eskimo you'll upset the Siberian Yupik."
Tom & Dick - "Well what is it then?"
Harry - "These days the collective noun is Aborfridgine."
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