(M)embers (O)f the (P)ublic
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It's actually, in a way, more polite than our local term. "Dane" is short for "mundane", abbreviated in a way to intentionally make it sound like we're just calling them foreigners.
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The term predates my getting to know lots of other rennies, so I don't know who coined it.