Pajeet

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About

Pajeet is a fake Indian name and slang term often used in a derogatory manner to refer to Indian, typically Hindu or Sikh, men on the internet. The phrase originates from discussions in 2015 on 4chan's /int/ board. The female equivalent of the term is "Pajeeta," with both terms finding wider usage outside of 4chan in the early 2020s. The term is sometimes extended to "Pajeet Kumar."

Origin

A July 2015 thread on 4chan's /int/^[1] or "international" board contains the earliest known meme using the word "Pajeet" in reference to Indians. The image, which was posted on July 25th, 2015, is a variation of the Mehmet My Son meme mocking supposed Designated Shitting Streets in India.

pajeet my son Beautiful and clean toilet your stomach hurt now yu must chose were to relase or designated s------- street present day Anonymous 07/24/15(Fri)17:04:10 No.45149618 ► >>45149738 >>45149360 India has a space program you dumb bitch m------------. We will be a superpower by the year 2030 and we well f--- you up good.

Spread

Use of the term spread after 2015, with a meme featuring Nuclear Gandhi from the video game Civilisation 6 using the term being posted on Know Your Meme on February 1st, 2017 (seen below, left). On October 16th, 2019, an anonymous 4chan^[2] user posted a meme containing the term "Pajeet Technocracy to 4chan's /pol/ board (seen below, right).

DETINY ECO-FASH GLOBAL GENOCIDE FULLY AUTO GAY SPACE COMMUNISM ARCHEO FUTURISTIC CLAN WORLD SUMMON AI GOD EXTINCTION PAJEET TECHNOCRACY INTERPLANETARY CIVILIZATION TÉCHNOCRATIC THEOCRACY RED PLAGUE DECELERATE, ACCELERATE TO TECHNOLOGY TO NATURE BASICALLY HAYAO MIYAZAKI BORING S--- HYPER CAPITALISM POST-HUMAN INDUSTRY WORLD MALTHUSIAN CORRCTING COLLAPSE PROJECT VENUS POST-HUMAN INDUSTRY WORLD NIHILISTIC SINGULARITY WILL

On September 25th, 2022, Redditor^[3] /u/Mistersnowmax posted a 4chan greentext containing the term "pajeet," gathering over 16,000 upvotes in a year (seen below, left). On October 2023, the Instagram^[5] page @raitaposting made a carousel post featuring memes using "pajeet," gathering over 3,000 likes in a month (seen below, right).

246 KB JPG major is >I tell him math >Be math major >In CS class >Pajeet sits next to me >Never talked before >Professor running late >We end up talking >He asks me what my >He laughs at me and says "Oh" >I ask what's so funny >Says I should change my major to CompSci and thats where all the money is at >He tells me math degrees are useless and I'm wasting my time >I ask what he plans to do with his degree >He said hes going to become a software developer >I tell him that's impressive and he should use that money to buy toilets for his people so they don't have to s--- in the street >He gets super p----- and says "f--- you man" and gets up and leaves >Reports me to the professor >Had to talk to the dean >Dean says I have to go to a tolerance seminar now

GG indians BE LIKE pajeet this pajeet that Unans N---- YOU are THE pajeet

On September 9th, 2023, X^[4] user @kirbsanon quoted a video of a man grooming himself saying, "Pajeet Bateman," and gathering over 5,800 likes in two months. The statement is a reference to Patrick Bateman from American Psycho.