Pronounced - Abor-
fridge-inney
Collective
name for the indigenous people of the Arctic regions such as Inuit & Eskimo. A new collective noun is needed to describe these people because referring to them all as either Inuit or Eskimos is bound to upset somebody these days. '
Aboriginal People of the Arctic' is too long winded so from now on it's 'Aborfridgine' and 'Aborfridginal'
Tom - "'ere what do you call that bunch of nose-rubbers that live in th'Arctic?"
Dick - "I do believe these days the preferred term is 'Inuit'."
Harry - "Jeeze mate you can'
t refer to them all as the Inuit or you'll upset the Kalaallit of Greenland!"
Dick - "Well..., Eskimo then?"
Harry - "No way Jose! If you call them all Eskimo you'll upset the Siberian Yupik."
Tom & Dick - "Well what is it then?"
Harry - "These days the collective noun is Aborfridgine."