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Dutch
Etymology
From Mongool (“Mongol”). Influenced by English mongol.
Pronunciation
Noun
mongool m (plural mongolen, diminutive mongooltje n)
- (now offensive) a person with Down's syndrome, a mentally retarded person
1974, Willem Wilmink, Frekie:Hij was een imbeciele jongen / Een mongool- He was an imbecile boy / A mongol
2006, Dimitri Verhulst, De helaasheid der dingen:Marieken was de typische mongool, tenminste als jaloezie en oversekst gedrag typisch is voor mongolen.- Marieken was your average mongol, at least if jealousy and oversexed behaviour are typical of mongols.
- (vulgar, offensive) imbecile, retard
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