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The Glossary
Entry № ۰۰۱
Slang (Red Tier) Cluster

کونی

/ kuni /
interjection  ·  (homophobic slur — receptive male partner)

Meaning

معنی
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Read the construction carefully. The slur is built from the assumption that being penetrated is degrading. That is itself a misogynist assumption. Every homophobic slur in Persian (and most languages) is misogyny wearing a homophobic mask: the "insult" of calling a man kuni only lands if you accept that being treated like a woman is a downgrade. Same logic, different victim. Pull on the homophobic thread and the misogynist root comes up with it.

In a sentence

مثال
Football crowd after a missed tackle: «کونی» (kuni) hurled at a player.

In its constellation

در پیوند

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کونیkuni
کیرkir
کونیkuni
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