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hddsx ,

Okay but what does mulatto mean?

Atropos ,

I’m guessing 50/50 mixed race based on context.

clay_pidgin ,

Specifically half African-descended and half European (white).

As compared to Mestizo - being half white and half native American (incl. South American)

They went to stuff like Octaroon and Quadroon, having lower percentages of African ancestry.

It’s all super racist obviously.

nokturne213 ,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatto

lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

Someone with mixed African and European ancestry.

Etymologically it’s rather nasty: the word was coined in either Spanish or Portuguese as “mulato”, as a reference to mules (“mula” - horse x donkey hybrid).

In Portuguese it seems to me that this association faded away. However, I’m going to take a guess and say that the word is probably a slur in English, so not something that you want to use for its meaning.

SkyezOpen ,

It’s archaic enough that it’s probably not a slur, or at least not a particularly bad one. Archer got away with using this as his ringtone.

lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

Thanks for the info - my guess was wrong then.

eager_eagle , (edited )
@eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

I’m a native pt speaker and I had never thought of the word as slur. I remember it being commonly said on TV, music, and written on newspapers without this connotation. It was certainly more common than the preferred alternative “mestiço”.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9af861ac-2a62-4115-a679-ded8aa59e3f5.png

reddig33 ,

Get ready for more of this as companies start leaning more heavily on trash AI.

Chozo ,

I very much doubt this is the result of AI, as much as somebody not checking the dictionary they imported into their game. Kinda like that Hello Kitty dictionary's... concerning definition of "necklace".

dharmacurious ,

Had to Google that, but wtaf

Reminds me of the Buggre alle this Bible from Good Omens. Absolute favorite scene from the books and it didn’t make it into the show.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar
  1. An albino
  2. A mosquito
  3. My libido

(But also: a mulatto is also a type of coffee; not just slang for someone of mixed race)

AmidFuror ,

Where did the mulatto coffee get its name?

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I dunno, man.

An Italian?

Artyom ,

Yeah, yeah

SaltySalamander ,

So many kids won't get this reference. Makes me sad. And feel old af.

MelodiousFunk ,

2021 was just a string of “oh, that’s 30 years old too” realizations for a metric shitton of iconic albums.

Wogi ,

HEYYYY MACARENA

Binette ,

I thought it was French holy hell

isVeryLoud ,

It is also French, but it means claw

tacosanonymous ,

They generally just use some free dictionary and don’t censor because that would take any amount of effort.

bionicjoey ,

How does the game work? Did you have to give this answer, or is it like boggle where you have to construct whatever words from a set of letters?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

It has a specific list of words in each level it accepts as answers and you have to get the whole list to go to the next level. Any other words are just bonuses. This was also the longest word in the level.

Lost_My_Mind ,

Your new ringtone

circledsquare ,
@circledsquare@fedia.io avatar

If the definition provided was:

"A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido. Yeah!"

It would at least have referenced a great song. Opportunity missed. Oh well.

Ghostalmedia ,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

Was the question: “Words Elon Musk uses at home”

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I love it. But no, it was just an anagram game.

Album ,
@Album@lemmy.ca avatar

Mulatto butts!

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/griffe

I’d say their definition is worse than the word itself

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