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2. wog - Westernised oriental gentleman - much used pejoratively during the time of the Raj. Also 'babu' used similarly vide Kipling's Kim.
I think that John Cleese lampooned the "wog" thing very well with the scene from Fawlty Towers where the major is talking about watching India at Lords. As to "Babu", I did not know its derogatory nature. I had a Telugu friend who called himself Babu. He did tell me his full name, but said that Babu was a pretty common nickname in his part of the country, and it was the name he used most often.
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