dot or feather

English

A reference to the bindi and the feathered war bonnet. First attested in a 1993 Vanity Fair article, where it is attributed to Gita Mehta.

dot or feather?

(US, sometimes offensive) Used to inquire whether a person described as "Indian" is a Native American or from the Indian subcontinent.
- 1993 May, Joan Juliet Buck, “A Mehta of Style”, Vanity Fair, page 162:
  Oddly, the only bons mots that this crowd can recall all have to do with India: Kenneth Jay Lane cites her “Indian? Dot or feather?” and others come up with puns about Chutney Marys and Chutney Miras or quick jokes about pujas.

单词	dot or feather
释义	dot or feather English Alternative forms red dot or feather Etymology A reference to the bindi and the feathered war bonnet. First attested in a 1993 Vanity Fair article, where it is attributed to Gita Mehta. Phrase dot or feather? (US, sometimes offensive) Used to inquire whether a person described as "Indian" is a Native American or from the Indian subcontinent. 1993 May, Joan Juliet Buck, “A Mehta of Style”, Vanity Fair, page 162: Oddly, the only bons mots that this crowd can recall all have to do with India: Kenneth Jay Lane cites her “Indian? Dot or feather?” and others come up with puns about Chutney Marys and Chutney Miras or quick jokes about pujas.
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