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Totally unrelated, I heard a couple of South Africans at work mention 'the k word.' I was like wtf is this, so I asked them.
The word was kafir. And I was like, 'you mean like the lime???'
Yeah, apparently kafir is a slur. I've only ever heard it used in the context of kafir limes.
As far as limes go, they are kinda average. Hard to squeeze. I'm not a lime expert though.
"Kafir" is an Arabic word meaning "disbeliever" (teacher lie: the reality is a bit more complicated).
"Kaffir" is an Afrikaans pronunciation corruption of the term, first used to describe the pagan African communities, but then applied even to monotheists (who are technically not kafir in Islam), and then, in the end, applicable as a racial slur to all blacks: the Afrikaans equivalent of the n-word.
Not to be confused with the German "Kafer" which means "beetle".
Thanks for elaborating! I'm learning so much today.