by M.A.D January 14, 2007
Get the coonnas mug.Coonass is a controversial term in the Cajun lexicon: to some Cajuns it is regarded as the supreme ethnic slur, meaning \"ignorant, backwards Cajun\"; to others the term is a badge of pride, much like the word Chicano is for Mexican Americans. In South Louisiana, for example, one can often see bumper stickers reading \"Warning — Coonass on Board!\" or \"Registered Coonass\" (both of which generally depict a raccoon’s backside). The word’s origin is unclear: folk etymology claims that coonass dates from World War II, when Cajun GIs serving in France were derided by native French speakers as conasse, meaning \"dirty whore\" or \"idiot.\" Non-French-speaking American GIs allegedly overheard the expression, converted it to the English \"coonass,\" and introduced the term back in the United States. There it supposedly soon caught on as a derisive term among non-Cajuns, who encountered many Cajuns in Gulf Coast oilfields. It is now known, however, that coonass predated the arrival of Cajun GIs in France during World War II, which undermines the conasse theory. Indeed, folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet has long rejected this theory, calling it \"shaky linguistics at best.\" He has suggested that the word originated in South Louisiana, and that it derived from the belief that Cajuns frequently ate raccoons. He has also proposed that the term contains a negative racial connotation: namely, that Cajuns were \"beneath\" or \"under\" blacks (or coons, as blacks were often called by racists). Despite efforts by Cajun activists like James Domengeaux and Warren A. Perrin to stamp out the term’s use, coonass continues to circulate in South Louisiana and beyond. Its acceptability among the general public, however, tends to vary according to circumstances, and often depends on who says it and with what intention. Cajuns who dislike the term have been known to correct well-meaning outsiders who use the epithet.
by pastorchik September 29, 2003
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by Oreo Speedman February 6, 2010
Get the Coonmaster mug.A coonass shower is showering with a hose outside. It is not required to be naked, but it is recommended.
Beth and Tiffany had to work in their backyard mine for a day, and they were so dirty they had to take a coonass shower to even enter their house.
by Xyerohour July 7, 2012
Get the Coonass Shower mug.Adj. Any action or deed reminiscent of 'coon' behavior, behavior deemed embarassing to the educated, and more productive black people in society. Coontastic behavior tends to reinforce negative, untrue, and disparaging stereotypes about black people, particularly ones that portray them as lazy, shiftless, bummy, and uneducated. Usually used to express an action that is overwhelmingly coon like.
1. One throws a piece of garbage on the sidewalk when the garbage can is only a few paces away, with the excuse being, "I was too lazy." "Wow thats coontastic."
2. "Hey man what are you doing standing out here when you have to go to work?"
"Nothing, just standing here...I don't really feel like working..."
"Come on man don't be coontastic, go to work."
2. "Hey man what are you doing standing out here when you have to go to work?"
"Nothing, just standing here...I don't really feel like working..."
"Come on man don't be coontastic, go to work."
by Eric Talbot January 21, 2008
Get the coontastic mug.Noun, means "cunt". French.
1) Offensive term for a woman (or man, used by and to gay men).
2) Affective term to a friend (woman and gay men only), due to envy.
1) Offensive term for a woman (or man, used by and to gay men).
2) Affective term to a friend (woman and gay men only), due to envy.
1) "T'es une sale connasse." "Arrête de faire ta connasse."
2) "Oh putain connasse t'as trop de chance!" "Ca va connasse?"
2) "Oh putain connasse t'as trop de chance!" "Ca va connasse?"
by kindafunnysad June 20, 2006
Get the Connasse mug.1)derogatory term for cajuns
2)term embraced by some cajuns
3) language used by such,more prominent in older cajuns
2)term embraced by some cajuns
3) language used by such,more prominent in older cajuns
by cory March 21, 2005
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