Revision 16985817 of "Cambodian accessory" on enwiktionary==English==
{{rfv}}
===Noun===
{{en-noun|Cambodian accessories}}
# {{derogatory}} a [[child]] from a [[third-world]] country [[adopted]] by a [[celebrity]] for purposes of improving the celebrity's reputation.
#*{{quote-newsgroup | date = 2007-01-07 | first = | last = | author = phoenix | title = pluto | newsgroup =
Talk-Marion-County-247 | id = | url = http://groups.google.com/group/talk-marion-county-247/browse_thread/thread/31cf8a664100fbe8/5444fac03c3b8922 | passage = The "Most Outrageous" award went to "'''Cambodian accessory'''," defined as "Angelina Jolie's adopted child who is Cambodian." }}
#*{{quote-news|date = 2007-01-08|author=The Ottawa Citizen staff|title = 'Plutoed' joins 'truthiness' and 'chad' as dialect society's word of the year|newspaper = [[w:The Ottawa Citizen|The Ottawa Citizen]]|url = http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=ff228fed-03dd-4d08-ab21-2677f96a90b1|publisher = CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.|passage =In other categories this year, most creative word of the year went to "lactard" -- a person who is lactose intolerant, most outrageous word went to "'''Cambodian accessory'''," a reference to Angelina Jolie's adopted Cambodian child and most unnecessary word went "SuriKat," a nickname attributed to the newborn daughter of Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup|date = 2008-11-25|title = Did Britain Just Sell Tibet?|author = RichAsianKid|newsgroup =soc.culture.china|url = http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.china/browse_thread/thread/73c29e90fed592fe/8d2a4ebfb2127d4c?q=%22cambodian+accessory%22&pli=1|passage =Much like how crusading for heart disease doesn't have as much cachet as crusading for HIV, or if you adopt a Cambodian child and then string it to your wine 'n' cheese exurb inbred soiree that's your unique '''Cambodian accessory''' that few other people can afford.}}
===See also===
* [[Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year]]
===References===
* [http://www.americandialect.org/woty/all-of-the-words-of-the-year-1990-to-present Most Outrageous Word of the Year], [[w:American Dialect Society|American Dialect Society]]
* {{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2007-01-07/us/word.of.the.year_1_pluto-planet-awards-show?_s=PM:US|work=[[w:CNN|CNN]]|title=Pluto's revenge|date=2007-01-07|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.}}
* {{cite news|title=For those plutoed, it's been a hard year|url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=b9e15924-e2cc-4ae4-9915-2eeaa97c44d8|work=[[w:The Gazette (Montreal)|The Montreal Gazette]]|date=2007-01-10|publisher=CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.}}All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=16985817.
![]() ![]() This site is not affiliated with or endorsed in any way by the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its affiliates. In fact, we fucking despise them.
|