Talk:kang
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Ety 4: "humorous: pronunciation spelling of king". AFAIK, this is specifically used in an anti-black Internet meme against "hotep" types, usually in the phrase "we wuz kangz" (meaning something like "we black people were powerful in the ancient world"). The entry doesn't make this clear at all, and probably should. Anyway does it meet CFI? Equinox ◑ 16:23, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
- If this is citable, it might not mean king. It seems more likely to me that the term would occur divorced from the well-set expression as a derogatory term for so-called hoteps, or perhaps for all black people by extension. "Look at all those kangz over there", and the like. However, I've never come across this type of usage on the Internet. —Soap— 10:51, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
- RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 18:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)