Etymology

Indondesh

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Today it means: A pejorative term used to mock or demean Indonesia by associating its population or economy with foreign labor demographics. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of Indonesia (country) + Bangladesh (country). Popularized in the mid-2020s on social media platforms (such as TikTok, X, and Facebook) by Malaysian and regional netizens as a retaliatory counter-insult to the Indonesian-coined derogatory term Malaydesh.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.