muj
n.— «The “muj” have three things they know and there are four things that seperate them from the heathen: 1) they are Agfhani 2) they are Muslims 3) they are from here, 4) the Russians (Or Brits, or whomever) are none of the above.» —“Afghanis & mountian people in general” by Pyotr Filipivich Usent: misc.activism.militia Aug. 18, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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