[2] Though the term was originally coined in reference to Indian Americans, it has been adopted by the South Asian diaspora at large.
The longer and lesser known form American born confused desi, emigrated from Gujarat, house In Jersey is also occasionally seen; playing on the alphabet theme, it has been expanded for K-Z variously as kids learning medicine, now owning property, quite reasonable salary, two uncles visiting, white Xenophobia, yet zestful or keeping lotsa motels, named Omkarnath Patel, quickly reaching success through underhanded vicious ways, xenophobic yet zestful.
[5] Writer Vijay Prashad describes the term as "ponderous and overused" and notes it as one of the mechanisms by which new immigrants attempt to make second-generation youth feel "culturally inadequate and unfinished".
[citation needed] ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi is a 2013 Malayalam language movie released in India.
The film narrates the journey of two young American Malayalis to their motherland, Kerala, with the title based on the term American-born confused desi.