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wasichu
 n.— «“What are you wasichus doing here,” shouted Eli Bald Eagle, using a derogatory term for white people, as he approached on diabetes-swollen legs, bracing himself with a cane.» —“Drink, and despair, around every corner in Whiteclay” by Paul Hammel Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska) Mar. 8, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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