Asiental

adj. Asian of unknown or unspecific nationality. Also n. Subjects: English

Etymological Note: Asian + Oriental

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Citations: 2001 [Robot Karate Man] Usenet: alt.religion.kibology (June 20) “Pride in the name of Ramen”: The local Carrs Plus/Safeway store, where I shop, has the most wonderful “asiental” aisle with all kinds of goofy stuff in it with pictures of martian fruits and vegetables on the packaging next to bug-eyed cartoon kids (and poki!). *2002 The Uvnaut Contingency “Beware The Yellow Menace!”: It is my dream that every Asian/Oriental /Asiental person in the world would own and wear this shirt. 2004 Josh Berthume (beltane) iamsadred.com (Oct. 19) “#00003—metrobution”: The people in front of us had some very urgent business that needed immediate attention, and this business had to be discussed in Asiental as loud as possible. The only English I heard was “Call me back in five minutes—the movie is starting.” 2005 [Jin] @ Iowa City, Iowa A Discontent Malcontent (Seattle, Wash.) (Mar. 3) “Making No Friends in Fourth Grade”: I brought Tiger Balm to school for show and tell. I didn’t know exactly what it was for but that it looked all asiental and so I thought people would think it was cool. So I passed it around and told everyone to put it under their eyes because Tiger Balm was what made Chinese people so good at math and the violin. They believed me.

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