Babuina

/bæbuːˈiːnə/ noun

Definition

A female baboon or a woman of baboon-like appearance (archaic or offensive term).

Etymology

From baboon plus feminine suffix -ina. This is an old term that combined animal classification with gendered language in a way modern usage avoids.

Kelly Says

Babuina shows how older scientific naming systems were weird and offensive—scientists would use feminine and masculine forms of animal names differently, and sometimes these terms got weaponized against people, making terminology something deeply political!

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