BRAZILIAN
PORTUGUESE: Trubufu ‡
‡) Lit. “ugly & fat black woman...”
= Afro-Brazilian obstetric
patient [Not usually
considered particularly racist in Brazil, where a
vast majority,
70—75%, of the population is mulatto... the operative insults here are “ugly & fat”... ]
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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.
http://softskull.com/?p=271
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