ranga
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
Origin: Extracted from (o)rang(utan), with -er#Etymology 10 suffix; in use since 1990s; to a certain extent popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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