A regional, dialectal Cherokee language word meaning "small and brown". It is very rarely used as a perjorative or put-down. Used most often as a descriptive term for animals.
churchhurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the churchhurt that was inflicted on me as a child.