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Indonesian
- kadrun (derogatory, political)
Etymology
Compound of kadal (“lizard”) + gurun (“desert”). First coined in the derogatory sense during the period of the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election,[1] but it remained largely unknown until 2020.
Pronunciation
Noun
kadal gurun (first-person possessive kadal gurunku, second-person possessive kadal gurunmu, third-person possessive kadal gurunnya)
- Egyptian mastigure, Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, Leptien's mastigure, Egyptian uromastyx, or Egyptian dabb lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia).
- Synonym: dab
- (derogatory, politics) a term mostly used to refer Indonesian opposition groups, also including narrow-minded people and those influenced by Middle East fundamentalist groups.
Usage notes
Mostly abbreviated as kadrun in the derogatory sense.
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