Mĩ nguỵ

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

Mĩ (“America”) +‎ nguỵ (“fake”), the latter being clipped from nguỵ quyền (“fake, false → puppet regime”) and nguỵ binh ~ nguỵ quân (“puppet army”), as the Republic of Vietnam was considered and denounced as "fake", illegal, illegitimate, and puppets of the US imperialists by Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.

Pronunciation

Noun

Mĩ nguỵ

  1. (collective, history, derogatory) Yanks and puppets (United States' military advisors and expeditionary soldiers as well as Vietnamese who worked in Republic of Vietnam's government and military)
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