1 definition by DeezNutzzzz
A nicer way to say Iranian. Used by those who are afraid of what others might think of their culture. It would be like a Syrian calling him/herself Phoenician or someone from the Czech Republic referring to their country as Czechoslovakia.
1) Even though I am or my family is from Iran, a middle-eastern country, I'm going to hide my heritage by calling myself the less offensive and more exotic-sounding name of a dead empire that once controlled my present-day country. That way, ignorant, narrow-minded, uneducated fools won't judge me with bias and I can blend in with society. I'll let them hate on the Middle-Easterns that are proud of their countries instead.
2) You're Iranian, not Persian...unless you were born there before 1935...get over it...
2) You're Iranian, not Persian...unless you were born there before 1935...get over it...
by DeezNutzzzz November 3, 2008