English Explanatory Dictionary

Skinnie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of skinnie
noun
  1. Someone of Somali descent.

Word forms

Skinnie Skinnies

Etymology

Named by American soldiers stationed in Somalia who felt that Somali culture was strange enough to seem "alien", comparing the Somalis to a race of aliens from the novel "Starship Troopers", which was popular among American soldiers. This term was not related to the famine in Somalia in the 1990's.

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