coonass

coon·ass

[koon-as]
noun Vulgar, Disparaging, and Offensive.
(chiefly in Louisiana and Southeast Texas) a Cajun.

Origin:
1960–65; probably alteration, by folk etymology, of Louisiana French, French conasse a contemptuous term for a woman, literally, vulva, equivalent to con vulva (< Latin cunnus) + -asse pejorative noun suffix

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