What is Kaffir?
1.
A word that is used by south africans in describing black people, its is derogatory and is usually expressed while feeling very frustrated and angry at a black persons incompitance
that kaffir broke the iron again
2.
A truthful and flattering term for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.
Robert Mugabe sure is one ugly Kaffir!
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1. Arabic term meaning "infidel.' See
2. Borrowed into Afrikaans and S. African English as insulting term for an African.
Under apartheid, the "kaffirs" had to live in locations.
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Normally directed at black south africans, it can also be used to address blacks all over the world.
Danny Glover was called a kaffir several times in Lethal Weapon Two and on one occasion was instructed not to be a 'smart' kaffir. (See:
Oxymoron )
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The Afrikanns (South African) equivalent of
Zulu: Yo, howzit my kaffir
Xhosa: It's good, kaffir, it's good
Venda: YO my kaffir heffers
Boer: You, my kaffir brus, howzit?
*The natives eye him menacingly*
Boer: Hehe...
*They all kick his ass with spears*
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Also spelled 'kafir', kaffir is a highly derogatory Arabic term used to refer to non-Muslims, though it is usually directed less against "People of the Book" (Christians and Jews) and more against others (Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists, etc).
Separate laws govern Muslims and kaffirs in an Islamic state with kaffirs being viciously suppressed. For example: the blood payment to the family of a murdered Muslim man in Saudi Arabia is 1,000,000 Riyals; the payment to the family of a murdered Hindu woman is 3,333 Riyals.
"Well, kaffir, it's the sword or the knife -- your choice."
"My head or my foreskin? Who needs the religion of my ancestors? I guess you can call me Ali al-Agraba now!"
