Descriptive term used interchangably until recently to describe two different groups of people:

1) East Indians; origin of India

2) Native Americans; origin of North America.

While Indian is still an apt descriptive term of those who hail from the country India it is best avoided when used to refer to those who originated in North America. Some consider it to be politically incorrect but the bigger issue is probably the tendency for misunderstanding and confusion in our modern global society.
The new student in school is Indian.

Common responses: Which Indian? or Dots or feathers?
by Erin French August 2, 2005
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ok there's 2 times of indian one is the obvious native americans (awesome & freespirited) and then the indians of india. Let me further classify these indians. There's the ones that come straight from india, who smell funny, is funny, very hardworking, and for some reason, they're extremely cool in a way. not laid back, and not genuinely cool or a wanna-be, but just cool in their own quirky way. awesome, awesome people here if you arent a wanna-be cool person and your genuinely seeking a friend who is funny.
Now, there's the second kind of indian. this is the americanized kind, most commonly found in america or even india. the girls are weepy, don't know their own language, wear abercrombie, have HUGE egos,are obsessed with plucking out facial hair, talk with a stupid made up accent, and try to "play coy" and pretend to flirt or wink at total stranger boys, then run away and giggle uncontrollably. the boys wear "sk8er" clothes, wear sunglasses indoors, lean against walls in the mall and watch ugly girls, and look better in traditional indian clothes rather than tight clothes that highlight their thin unibrow. sometimes a fat math geek, sometimes a wannabe cool person. anyways, indian people ROCK and r really awesome, but watch out which kind you befriend!
press: bobby jindal, are you indian?
bobby jindal: no, im a wannabe louisiana hillbilly!

dude: sup, dude, you indian?
indian: yes, to be sure! what does sup mean?
dude: haha dude you rock! wanna be my best friend dude?
indian:okay. doooooood. is that how you say it?
dude: dude! yore like the coolest guy in town! hey wanna hang out with me and my friends?
indian: okay dood
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People of the country of India. Have Beautiful people (especially North India), culture and has every major religion in the world. It is Home to Hinduism, Sikhism and is home to the 2nd largest Muslim population in the world wit over a 170 million Muslims! The North Indians have Aryan blood in them causing them to have lighter skin, hair, and look Persian-ish however there are dark ones too. Dravidian's are a different type of Indians from South India, they are dark skinned, haired but there are light ones. Central India (Gujarat, etc)is where people have mixed Dravidian and Aryan Blood within them but look more Persian as well. People!! We Indians need to stop being so snobbish and posting how wealthy we supposedly are, sure that may be true, however no one cares about your finances! People would rather hear about our culture than our economy, not saying that its not important! India has many different languages, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi.
India and Pakistan Zindabad!
My favorite Indian languages are Hindi and Urdu because they sound great and are extremely simialar
by Jahan July 21, 2007
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An intimate act in which one male party is maintaining "doggystyle" sex with a female party and, shortly before attaining his ultimate bodily ecstacy, he scalps her.
"Yeah, I thought he was a real gentleman until he pulled the indian on me."
by Friend of bug May 16, 2006
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used by dumbasses to refer to anyone that looks like they're from south asia
guy 1: Oh hey Indian man
guy 2: Actually I'm from Sri Lanka
guy 1: Oh, I see, haven't really been to India, which part of India is Sri Lanka in?
guy 2: bruh it's not in India ffs
guy 1: Oh, where in India is that?
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A disease that one can be diagnosed with having if they exhibit the following behaviors:

1:persistent laziness, the lack of effort to do anything.

2:freeloading off tax-payers via welfare, medicare, etc.

3:constantly making excuses for not doing things they are supposed to be doing.

4:selling/ trading food stamps for drugs/ alcohol or cash to buy drugs/ alcohol.
Dude that guy has a bad case of indianitis, I heard he lets people use his food stamp card for pills.
by MMuir January 27, 2011
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1) there's the hardworking kind who come from India
2) then there's the lazy kind, also known as Native Americans
or Injins
1) Man, my boss worked me hard like an Indian today.
2) I fucked the dog at work today like an indian.
by Loudog6969 January 11, 2007
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