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@SW-User When this happened I asked myself, what the hell does Xenophobia mean?
Never heard of the word.
Had you heard of the word, at that time? 1996

@Gusman That seems odd, I can't remember a time when I didn't understand what xenophobia was. I certainly knew what it meant long before I left school (England, 1974). Perhaps this was because it was such a hot topic in the UK in the late 60s (race Relations Bill, Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood speech", etc.).

According to Merriam-Webster it was first used in print in The Daily News, London, 1880; https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/a-short-history-of-xenophobia

@ninalanyon For many years of my teenage/adult life the only thing I was interested in was getting drunk.
So a lot of what happened in the world passed me by in a blurry fog.
Never remember such a word or topic being taught in school in Tasmania in the late 60's/mid 70's

@Gusman Maybe because Q Town was a red-neck mining town? IDK

@KiwiBird It was a rather backward town. Years behind the rest of Australia

@Gusman I have been there...as a tourist. One night only.

@Gusman Goodness me, I hope you have got over that!

@KiwiBird One night is enough to show you how terrible it is. Still is.
Tourists still getting beaten up if they venture to the pubs at night.
Really awful place to be.

@ninalanyon Finished with all those shenanigans.
Sober 20 years now.

I must have been lucky then. @Gusman