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- noun Used as a disparaging term for an Arab or other person from a culture in which cloth headdresses such as keffiyehs or turbans are worn.
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- noun pejorative, slang A Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or member of any group that traditionally wears headdress such as a
turban ,keffiyeh orheadscarf .
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Examples
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Prince Harry used the term raghead to mean Taliban or Iraqi insurgent.
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Prince Harry used the term raghead to mean Taliban or Iraqi insurgent, and it's not the first time he's had to say he's sorry for offending people.
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The term raghead is racially motivated and offensive as hell.
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The term raghead is racially motivated and offensive as hell.
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KAYE: The royal family did not apologize for the word raghead, but instead tried to explain it away.
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No matter if it be Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria … no blood sucking baby killing camel raping moon god worshiping raghead is safe from the long arm of American justice.
Think Progress » Brzezinski: Air Strike on Iran Could ‘Merit the Impeachment of the President’ 2006
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Shortly after those accusations, which she denied, the married mother of two also had to face being called a "raghead" - a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent - by one opponent's backer.
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Shortly after those accusations, which she denied, the married mother of two also had to face being called a "raghead" - a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent - by one opponent's backer.
WTVM - 1- WTVM Home 2010
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Shortly after those accusations, Haley also had to face being called a "raghead" -- a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent -- by one opponent's backer.
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Shortly after those accusations, which she denied, the married mother of two also had to face being called a "raghead" - a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent - by one opponent's backer.
yarb commented on the word raghead
Citation (in the sense of a sideshow swami) on grouchbag.
June 30, 2012