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Ranga

//ɹæŋə// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality of Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    An orange-haired or red-haired person. Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang

    "You′re looking down upon ‘rangas’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire."

Etymology

Extracted from (o)rang(utan), with -er suffix; in use since 1990s; to a certain extent popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007).

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