Tutsi Roll

another name for a mass grave in Rwanda.

When Don Cheadle was in Rwanda for filming, he went to a "Tutsi Roll" for inspiration.

by Con Dheadle July 19, 2010

tutsoon

A slang term for black people. Originates in Chicago mainly by the Italians.

"That tutsoon family moving in down the street is going to bring down the value of the neighborhood."

by Squeaks teh Mofo January 5, 2008

Fung-tutsu

A moment of total bewilderment, which usually occurs when a person has been sitting for a long time and stands up quickly, he becomes faint, yet does not lose total consciousness. This person will often fall over, but not lose total consciousness, and experience this feeling of fung-tutsu. This can also be often experienced under the influence of nitrous oxide at the dentist office. See also ding-ding-ding.

I got up really fast, and felt fung-tutsu, until total consciousness returned.

by sternwise December 28, 2006

tutsone

italian for people of african descent (racist)
aka..nigger, moolie, coon..etc
also means dumbass

che cazzo fai tutsone?! raccogli il cotone!!
wutta fuck u doin nigga?! bail the cotton!!

by thepharo October 20, 2006

tutsi

The Tutsi are one of the native peoples of Rwanda, along with the Hutu and Twa. Historically, the Tutsi and Hutu were known mainly by their role; the Tutsi were mainly pastoral and usually of the nobility and the ruling class while the Hutu were more often peasant farmers, although there were Hutu rulers and Hutu and Tutsi could easily exchange roles. Hutu and Tusi share the same language and culture and intermarriage between Hutu and Tutsi is common (although a Tutsi man marrying a Hutu woman is very rare and a Hutu man marrying a Tutsi woman is quite common).

The Belgians, upon colonizing Rwanda, were taken by the (seemingly) more "European" facial features of the Tutsi (stereotypically, the Tutsi are taller and thinner, with longer, more pointed noses, straighter hair, and more angular features) and favored them over the stockier, medium-sized Hutu. Never mind that there are Hutu who look Tutsi, Tutsi who look Hutu, that many Rwandans fit neither discription and that intermarriage is common, this played a huge role in creating tension between Hutu and Tutsi... thus leading to the 1994 genocide.

By Belgian definition, a Tutsi was a person with more than ten cow and a long, pointed nose, while a Hutu was a person with less than ten cows and a broad, short nose. Discriminatory? I think so.

Tutsi were referred to by the Radio-Television des Los Mille Collines as "cockroaches," thus showing how the Hutu felt about them.

by Lorelili November 7, 2006

tutsi

The Tutsi are one of three native peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa, the other two being the Twa and the Hutu. The Twa (or Watwa) are a pygmy people and the original inhabitants. The Hutu (or Wahutu) are a people of Bantu origin, and since they moved into the area they dominated the Twa. Large numbers of all three were slaughtered in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.

The Tutsi are traditionally farmers and cattle herders. Cattle are a symbol of power and wealth, and have enabled the Tutsi to dominate the agricultural Hutu. They hold virtually all positions of importance in Burundi's government and army. Hutu rebellions were brutally suppressed in 1972 and 1988, and massacres followed the assassination of the first democratically elected Hutu president of Burundi 1993. In Rwanda, bloody ethnic violence erupted 1994 after the presidents of both Rwanda and Burundi were killed in an aircrash.

by herbiewa July 13, 2006

tutsicle

a word used for a frozen stick of shit...tutty is the word used for shit in the indian language. therefore, tutsicle, like a popsicle. if you want to shut someone up, tell them u'll shuv a tutsicle in their mouth. inspiration taken from aarti devalia and eli russel's use of tutty used instead of fucking. tutsicle was found by russel heap...aarti and eli's flatmate in southampton institute.

food source to shut someone up

by aarti devalia January 2, 2004