A Lexicon of Mild Ethnic Invective
(Title inspired by Nicolas Slonimsky, author of "A Lexicon of Music Invective", and by a story published in Salon, 6/28/01 about Komo, a Komodo dragon, a large lizard in Indonesia, that bit a man's foot off.)
Dragon's name: Mario Komo
His gay friend: Homo Komo
Academic intellectual: PoMo Komo
Argentine cattle rancher: Lomo Komo
Tibetan dumpling cook: Momo Komo
Brother: Yo!Mo Komo
Orthodox Jewish klezmer musician: Schlomo Komo
Indonesian cathedral: Duomo Komo
Dragon's p.r. person: Promo Komo