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Chinaperson

Chinaperson noun: a Chinese person.

Noun

Chinaperson (plural Chinapersons or Chinapeople)

  1. (offensive, uncommon) A Chinese person.
    • In a radio interview earlier this week, Don Blankenship, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of having foreign-policy conflicts of interest, based on McConnell's marriage to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. But Blankenship's...2018 April 26, Ben Zimmer, “'Chinaperson' and the Sanitization of a Racial Slur”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2023, Politics
    • But with "Cocaine Mitch" specifically and his attacks on McConnell generally, he may have stumbled into an effective strategy, of launching both corruption-focused and racist attacks at the unpopular majority leader and his family.2018 May 7, Andrew Prokop, “Cocaine Mitch: Don Blankenship's factually dubious attack on McConnell, explained”, in Vox, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2024, Politics
    Synonyms:
    Chinaman

Synonyms of Chinaperson

Forms of Chinaperson

pluralChinapersons
pluralChinapeople

Origin of Chinaperson

From China + person. Coined by American political candidate Don Blankenship on April 23, 2018, during a live interview for West Virginia radio station 106.3 "The River". A few days later, Blankenship's campaign team went on to release a televised attack ad with the first-known attestation of the plural form "Chinapeople".

Questions about Chinaperson

What does Chinaperson mean?
Chinaperson means a Chinese person.
What part of speech is Chinaperson?
Chinaperson is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinaperson?
The plural of Chinaperson is Chinapersons.

Words near Chinaperson in the dictionary

  1. Chinantecan
  2. Chinantecs
  3. Chinapatam
  4. Chinapatana
  5. Chinapeople
  6. Chinaperson
  7. Chinapersons
  8. Chinaphobia
  9. chinaphthol
  10. chinar
  11. chinaroot

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