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A term used by New Zealand and Australian cricket fans to mock Indian cricketers during cricket season. The Term is supposed to refer to a practice apparently common among men from Western India in the 18th Century where two men rub their beards together in the morning before taking water. There is apparently historial grounds for the slur: the practice was noted by Scottish proto-anthropologist William Robertson - he called it Dragooning. Is unclear how the word came into current use.
"Filthy Kumar likes a bit of beard sex/or so says hairy captain Kapi Dev!"
- An example of a popular chant/tant recorded by linguist Susan Marpo in 1983
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"Beard sex" is a sensual practice that takes place between two men. It was first documented by Scottish historian, philosopher and proto-anthropologist William Robertson (1721รขยย1793) as being a common in a certain area of in Western India:
"The local men of the village perform "Dragooning" every morning before taking water, rubbing their beards together at the chin, being careful not to touch the nose of the other which is regarded as sacred and must not be touched. A most unusual greeting..."
This practice is known colloquially in Australia and New Zealand as Beard Sex and is often incorporated into jokes about Indian cricketers during cricket season.
Original quote from William Robertson (from a letter to his wife, collected in "The Collected Letters of William Robertson, OUP, Oxford, 1954):
"The local men of the village perform "Dragooning" every morning before taking water, rubbing their beards together at the chin, being careful not to touch the nose of the other which is regarded as sacred and must not be touched. A most unusual greeting..."
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"Dragooning" is a sensual practice that takes place between two men. It was first documented by Scottish historian, philosopher and proto-anthropologist William Robertson (1721รขยย1793) as being a common in a certain area of in Western India:
"The local men of the village perform "Dragooning" every morning before taking water, rubbing their beards together at the chin, being careful not to touch the nose of the other which is regarded as sacred and must not be touched. A most unusual greeting..."
This practice is known colloquially in Australia and New Zealand as Beard Sex and is often incorporated into jokes about Indian cricketers during cricket season.
Original quote from William Robertson (from a letter to his wife, collected in "The Collected Letters of William Robertson, OUP, Oxford, 1954):
"The local men of the village perform "Dragooning" every morning before taking water, rubbing their beards together at the chin, being careful not to touch the nose of the other which is regarded as sacred and must not be touched. A most unusual greeting..."
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