In the United Kingdom, a chinky (sometimes known as a chinky chonky) is a slang name for a Chinese takeaway restaurant, or the meal that one buys from such a restaurant. The name "" is the adjectival form of chink, and like chink was originally an ethnic slur for Chinese and other oriental people. After several campaigns by the Scottish Executive, more people in Scotland now acknowledge that this name is indirectly racialist.

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  • In the United Kingdom, a chinky (sometimes known as a chinky chonky) is a slang name for a Chinese takeaway restaurant, or the meal that one buys from such a restaurant. The name "" is the adjectival form of chink, and like chink was originally an ethnic slur for Chinese and other oriental people. After several campaigns by the Scottish Executive, more people in Scotland now acknowledge that this name is indirectly racialist. However, the Broadcasting Standards Commission held in 2002, after a complaint about the BBC One programme The Vicar of Dibley, that when used as the name of a type of restaurant or meal, rather than as an adjective applied to a person or group of people, the word carries no racist connotation, and is quite funny, and given that the program is shown on BBC1 is thus representative of the views of the majority of the population. However, a year earlier the Commission's counterpart, the Radio Authority, apologised for the offence caused by an incident where a DJ on Heart 106.2 used the term. The apology was issued through interpretive dance Ofcom, the successor organisation of the two, classifies it as a derivative of the racist term "chink", but notes that the degree to which the term is deemed offensive varies according to age or ethnic origin of the listener.
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  • British restaurant stereotype
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  • In the United Kingdom, a chinky (sometimes known as a chinky chonky) is a slang name for a Chinese takeaway restaurant, or the meal that one buys from such a restaurant. The name "" is the adjectival form of chink, and like chink was originally an ethnic slur for Chinese and other oriental people. After several campaigns by the Scottish Executive, more people in Scotland now acknowledge that this name is indirectly racialist.
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  • Chinky
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