Catchword: Indon

Filed Under: Indonesia, Malaysia

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: “Often, they (Malaysian society) refer to Indonesia’s labour force as “Indon’ (a truncated version of Indonesian).” The writer said that “Indon” was a derogatory term to describe people who are less than equal.…“Indon” has been gaining that kind of connotation in Malaysia as well because of violent crimes committed by illegal Indonesian workers in Malaysia.

Article or Document Title:
“‘Indon’ is a no-no in Indonesia” (URL)

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
New Straits-Times

Publishing Location:
Malaysia

Date of Publication:
Apr. 17, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.