ching chong

alternative ching-chong

1. ethnicoffensiveslurMimicking Chinese, Korean, Thai or other East or Southeast Asian speech.

   He came up with three or four kids behind him, chanting 'Ching chong! Ching chong! Don't even know how to talk! Don't even know how to fight!'

   2008, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia, page 91

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   For example, comedian and talk-show host Adam Corolla and NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal have each previously made ching chong comments in reference to Asians and Asian Americans.

   2009, Kent A. Ono, Vincent N. Pham, Asian Americans and the media, page 104

   Growing up in Nebraska, I was “ching-chong’d” in school and asked why my eyes were so small. Later on, popular kids would compel me to do their homework with overtures of friendship, only to ignore me at recess.

   2016 October 21, Crystal Chen, “I ‘Went Back to China’ — and Felt More American than Ever”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2016

plural ching chongs · alternative ching-chong

1. ethnicoffensiveslurA Chinese or other Asian person.

   “Hey there, Ching Chong, bring the pistol.” In a moment Lee poked the gun butt-first through the door.

   1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC, page 205