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Nacirema noun

The subject of a satirical article Pa once read in which an anthropologist reports upon the weird rituals of a tribe, before eventually revealing that they are none other than Americans

Collector

Pa – 1970s?
Noel King – father of Naomi

Notes

It must have tickled Pa because he was still quoting it from time to time decades later.

(Nacirema is American in reverse.)

Submitted: 17/09/2023 by Mark

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 Never heard him say this !!

—CC, 17 Sep 2023

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