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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.

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).

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).

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.

Pajeet Bateman https://t.co/o3iZ9VKPzd

— Kirbs (@kirbsanon) September 9, 2023

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