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towelhead; towel-head
noun
an Arab; also a Sikh or other turban-wearer US, 1979
An offensive or derogatory term; from the traditional headwear of the various races and creeds.- “To understand us,” he adds, gently, “remember three things. Don’t fear us. Don’t patronise us.” A mild grin. “And don’t call us towelheads.” — The Observer, 7 October 2001
- “Nuke Iran!” shouted the seething counter-demonstrators, “Towelheads, go home!” — Washington Post, p. A6, 1 December 1979
- [F]logging metal tubes to the towel-heads[.] — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 26, 1994
- Adds one young man, passing by, “If you’re talking about misunderstandings, think how often you use ‘towelheads’ as a funny phrase; it’s in Hollywood films, we get it in the streets. But when was the last time you heard someone called ‘kike’ or ‘nigger’?” — The Observer, 7 October 2001
- In a series of racist statements that began when the World Trade Center collapsed, Roque announced his murderous plans and told a co-worker that he had been treated rudely at a gasoline station on University Drive by “a towel head or a rag head.” — The Arizona Republic, p. 1A, 3 September 2003
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