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Found this on Google Maps:



Soooo....if you want a "Dink" or two, you'll find them in District 4 (236/, 21 Hoà Hảo, phường 3, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). Tell 'em Mike sent ya!

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noun, Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
1.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Southeast Asian, especially a Vietnamese.

1965-70, Americanism; compare Australian slang dink Chinese person; perhaps back formation from dinky, reinforced by rhyme with Chink
Usage note Expand

This term was a slur applied to a Vietcong or North Vietnamese soldier during the Vietnam War.

Ha! I almost edited your title to the correct spelling until I read it.

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:10 am Ha! I almost edited your title to the correct spelling until I read it.

I did a double take when I saw it myself.

DINK or dink (dĭngk) n.

A member of a couple who both hold jobs and have no children.
[D(ual) I(ncome) N(o) K(ids).]

You won't find many dinks in Vietnam. The place is a baby factory.

sigmoid wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:20 am

DINK or dink (dĭngk) n.

A member of a couple who both hold jobs and have no children.
[D(ual) I(ncome) N(o) K(ids).]

You won't find many dinks in Vietnam. The place is a baby factory.

Actually, that is changing fast, at least in the cities. Many of our educated staff are now not so keen on having children as they well understand the sort of money involved.