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The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given ethnicity (or, in some cases, nationality or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner. The term is listed, followed by it's primary user(s) and a definition.

It should be noted that not all terms on the list are considered equally offensive. It should also be noted that many of these terms are used more widely than would be imagined based on their "definition", for example, Chink can be used to refer to any Asian person. The key here is that the person using the slur cares so little about the target, that the person's actual background is irrelevant. The motivation for using an ethnic slur is often racism.

See also: Terms of disparagement

• A-rab - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent (from Arab)
• boy - Southern U.S. whites, a black man
• beaner - Western U.S., someone of Mexican descent (also bean-eater)
• Boris - U.S., a Russian national
• camel jockey - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• Charlie - U.S. military; Vietnam War - a Vietcong soldier

• Chink - U.S./U.K., someone of Chinese descent
• Christ-killer - widespread in Christian cultures, a Jewish person
• darkie - U.S., someone with dark-colored skin (not used for Hispanics or Asians)
• dego - U.S., someone of Italian descent
• eggplant - North-eastern U.S., a black person
• Eyetie - U.S., someone of Italian descent (also Eye-talian)
• fob - U.S., a recent Asian immigrant (from Fresh Off the Boat)
• flip - U.S., someone of Filipino descent
• frog - U.S./U.K., a French national
• Gerry - Allies in WWII, a German soldier
• gook - U.S. since Vietnam War, a Vietnamese person
• goy - Hebrew speakers, a non-Jewish person
• honky - U.S. blacks, a white person
• hun - Allies in WWI, a German soldier; also Irish nationalists, a British nationalist
• Jap - U.S./U.K., someone of Japanese descent
• jungle bunny - U.S. whites, a black person
• kike - U.S., a Jewish person
• Kraut - U.S./U.K., a German national
• limey - U.S., a British national
• mud person - U.S. white supremacists, a non-white person (usually seen in the plural form as mud people)
• nigger - U.S./U.K., a black person
• Nip - U.S., someone of Japanese descent (from Nippon, the Anglicization of the Japanese name for Japan)
• Papist - Protestants, a Roman Catholic person
• raghead - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• Russki - U.S., a Russian national
• sand Nazi - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• sand nigger - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• slant-eye - U.S., a person of Asian descent
• spic - U.S., a person of Hispanic descent
• spook - U.S. whites, a black person
• spear-chucker - U.S. whites, a black person
• towelhead - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• whitey - U.S., a white person
• wop - U.S., an Italian immigrant (click here for etymology, although folk etymology gives the origin as: WithOut Passport)
• Yank - Southern U.S., a person from the North-Eastern U.S.
• Yankee - Europe, an American national (also, same as Yank)