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Pak⋅i

  [pak-ee, pah-kee]
–noun, plural Pak⋅is. Chiefly British Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
1. a Pakistani, esp. one who has emigrated to Britain.
2. any emigrant to Britain from the Indian subcontinent.
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Origin:
1960–65; by shortening, with i construed as -y 2
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Pak·i   (pāk'ē)   
n.   pl. Pak·is Chiefly British Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person of Pakistani or South Asian birth or descent.

[Short for Pakistani.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

Paki 
British slang for "immigrant from Pakistan," first recorded 1964.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Paki
offensive Pakistani
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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