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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, region or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner. The term is listed, followed by its primary user(s) and a definition.

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(U.S., UK) a Jew; refers to circumcision and consumerism (never pay retail). The term is most widely used in the UK where circumcision among non-Jews or non-Muslims is more rare, but in the United States, where circumcision is very common, it can be considered insulting to many non-Jewish males as well.

1/4

(Libya) a black person; the term reflects the false and unscientific notion that black Africans have only 1/4 of the normal human brain.

1/16 or 16'er

(U.S.) a person with little or no Irish ancestory but "acts" and claims to be Irish. Especially common on St. Patrick's Day. Also sometimes used by Italian Americans in same context.

28

(Nova Scotia, Canada) Derogatory term for Peoples of African origin. The word "nigger" spelled out on telephone keys is "644437". These numbers added up equal 28.

3/5th

(United States) a term for blacks referring to the Congressional Compromise which agreed that, for purposes of representation in the House, every slave would be counted as 3/5ths of a person.

48 or 48'er

(Alaska) a U.S. citizen from the lower 48 states

51st Stater

(International) a facetious reference to any citizen of a nation whose politics or culture appear closely aligned with that of the United States. This term is used in self-deprecation, or to malign. Usually applied to Canadians, the term can also be used to describe Australians, the British, Israelis, or Puerto Ricans.

666

(International) a biblical reference to the Mark of the Beast or the Antichrist. Routinely used by various racist groups for other races or ethnicities: The KKK uses it to refer to black people, Islamic fundamentalists use it to refer to non-Muslims, some Neo-Nazis use it to refer to Jews, and others use it to refer to Arabs.

7-11

(U.S.) a term for Arabs, Pakistanis, and Indians, based on their high concentration among convenience store employees. See also "Apu".

925

(Southern California) a term for blacks, comes from the suburban Los Angeles Police Department code for "Suspicious Person"

999

(UK) shorthand term for a German (from nein, nein, nein), also the telephone number for the emergency services in the UK (similar to U.S.'s "911")

A

ABA

(CAN) Another Bloody Australian. Used in Canadian ski resort towns, primarily Whistler-Blackcomb. Describes members of the prevalent Australian expatriate communities in those areas.

ABC

(China, U.S. Chinese) "American Born Chinese" - a mildly condescending term used by native-born Chinese. Can also mean "Aboriginal/African bum cleaner", "Australian Born Chinese."

ABCD

(Subcontinentals in U.S.) "American-Born Confused Desi" used for American-born Pakistanis/Indians/Bangladeshis who are confused about their culture. Often used by ABCDs about other ABCDs. ABCD is the most common version of the phrase, but it now extends all the way to the letter 'z' in two different versions: "American Born Confused Desi Emigrated From Gujarat House in Jersey Kids Learning Medicine Now Owning Property Quite Reasonable Salary Two Uncles Visiting White Xenophobia Yet Zestful" and "American Born Confused Desi, Emigrated From Gujarat, Housed In Jersey, Keeping Lotsa Motels, Named Omkarnath Patel, Quickly Reached Success Through Underhanded Vicious Ways, Xenophobic Yet Zestful"

Abo / Abbo

(AUS) Australian aboriginal. This used to be the standard common term for Aboriginals, and was used by many Aboriginal people themselves (It was not considered offensive until the 1950s)

Abomination

(North America) Offensive slang for biracial children, mainly used for half white children

Abd

(Arab Countries) This term, literally "slave" in Arabic, is used as a slur against Blacks and persons of mixed African descent. Usage is consistent with the Arab institution of black slavery that lasted from approximately 900 AD to 1900 AD. Black slavery is still practiced covertly by some North African Arab groups.

Adolf / 'Dolf

(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) Germans, referring to Adolf Hitler

African queen

(UK) a black gay male. Also the title of a film.

Africoon

(North America) a Black person

Afro-Saxon

(North America) Young white men who act black

Ahab

(U.S.) an Arab, from the novelty song "Ahab the Arab" by Ray Stevens; in the bible, Ahab was the sinful king of Samaria married to the equally wicked Jezebel.

Ahhh-Jew

(U.S.) Indicating that a Jew is present with a false sneeze

Ah Tuo Gah

(Taiwan, R.O.C.) Literally means "pointed nose." Is considered a somewhat offensive term for a Caucasian. In the Taiwanese dialect it is the word commonly used for "foreigner."

Ajaniib

(Lebanese) Term means foreigner. Not generally offensive, but often used in phrases such as, "stupid foreigners" and "they're just foreigners." etc.

AJH

(Irish) Usually a northsider coming from "Ah Jaysus Howaya"

Alabama Porch Monkey

(Northern U.S.) An obscure slur for African-Americans

Albino

(U.S. Blacks) whites, also a derogatory term for light skinned blacks used by darker skinned blacks

Alien Race

(Nazi Germany) a term for Jews, Africans, Slavs, and other races that were considered "foreign" or "alien" on traditional German soil (a noncitizen)

Alter kacker or Alter kocker

(North America) a disparaging term for elderly Jewish people. Although the word is of Yiddish origin (literally meaning 'old shitter'), it has been adopted by non-Jews as a slur against Jews

Ame-koh

(Japan) Americans

Americunt/A Merry Cunt

(UK) an American tourist

Amerloque

(France) Americans

Ami

(Germany) Americans

Amo

(North America) the Amish

A-Neh

(Singaporean Hokkiens) an Indian person

Animali

(North Italy) refer to English people, meaning "animals".

Angie

(Quebec) Anglophones in Canada

Ang Mor / Kwee

(Singaporean and Malaysian Hokkien speakers) Red Hair (Devil), a white person

Antique Farm Equipment/Outdated Farm Machinery

(U.S) a Black person; slaves were mostly used for farming

Apache

Name given to the Native Americans who call themselves the Ndee, also sometimes used of the Diné (The Navajo). The word "Apache" means "enemies", and was given to them by the Zuni, a Pueblo group. It was adopted by Western settlers as the actual name of the Ndee, although it is a slur.

Apple

(North America) An American Indian (Native American) who is "red on the outside, white on the inside." Used primarily by other American Indians to indicate someone who has lost touch with their cultural identity.

Apu

(U.S.) a person with roots in the South Asian Subcontinent, popularized by Kwik-E-Mart operator from The Simpsons

A-rab

(U.S.) Alternately Ay-Rab. someone of Middle Eastern descent (pronounced /'eiræb/). The term is used in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Argie

(UK) a native of Argentina, used by the British press during the Falklands War

Arkie

(U.S.) similar to Okie, except from Arkansas instead of Oklahoma

Armo

(U.S. & Australia) person of Armenian origin

Asfalt

(Poland) man of African origin (literally means "asphalt")

Aunt Jemima

(U.S. Blacks) a black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout", female counterpart of Uncle Tom

Aunt Tomasina

(Filipinas) a Filipina who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout" Filipina counterpart of Aunt Jemima

Ay Hua Daeng

(Thailand) A westerner. Literally "Red Head".

B

Babaloo

(North America) a Cuban American - after the nightclub and phrase associated with Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz)

Baboushka

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) dumpy Eastern European women, deriving from the Russian word for grandmother

Babtou

(France) a white person (verlan for "toubab")

Bagel Dog

(North America) Jews, referring to traditional food product: bagels

Baguette

(France) an ethnically-French French person ("français de souche"), used by French of other backgrounds

Bak Gwai

(Cantonese) a white person. - literally means "white ghost"

Bakra

(Jamaica) A slavemaster. An oppressive person. The person in charge. Derived from the West African phrase 'Swanga Buckra', roughly meaning 'elegantly dressed devil'. Bakra in Hindi/Urdu (بکرا)means goat (usually sacrificial) and its USA equivalent is "sucker".

Balanda

(AUS) Aboriginal term for non-indigenous person. Used by many Aboriginal cultures of Northern Australia such as the Yolngu. From the word Hollaender (Dutch via Macassan)

Balija

(Former Yugoslavia) a term used by Croats and Serbs to refer to Bosniaks. It means 'peasant'. It is meant to be derogatory.

Balki

(North America) a Balkan immigrant - also as foreign character in TV's Perfect Strangers

Bambo

(Poland) Man of African origin. Refers to Julian Tuwim's poem for children "Murzynek Bambo" ("Bambo, the Little Negro") about a little African boy named Bambo

Bamboo coon

(U.S.) Chinese people

Banana

(CAN, U.S.) an Asian who is "yellow on the outside, white on the inside"

Banana bender

(Australia) a person from Queensland.

Bangla

(Singapore & Malaysia) a Bangladeshi

B.A.P.

(U.S.) Black American Princess - black women with ostentatious taste

Barbarian

(Ancient Greece) any non-Greek (derived from the Greek perception of any non-Greek-speaker babbling ("bar-bar-bar")
(Ancient China) any non-Chinese, but applied especially upon non-Confucianist cultures
(Ancient Rome) Any Non-Roman, derived from the Greek term

Barbie

(NA) A materialistic white female with no sense of self consciousness. Sometimes pertaining to celebrity life or wealth, e.g. Paris Hilton. Refers to the Barbie doll.

Bar code

(U.S.) a Jew. Refers to the tattoos of Nazi concentration camp internees.

Bắt đầu từ nay

(Vietnamese) It is used by Chinese, especially the Chinese in Hong Kong, to refer to a Vietnamese person.

BBC

(China, U.K. Chinese) "British Born Chinese" - a mildly condescending term used by native-born Chinese.

BBCD

(UK) British Born Confused Desi

Beaner / Bean Eater

(United States) an offensive term for persons of Hispanic background including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, etc. The term can be used self referentially by Hispanics, for example as part of Carlos Mencia's comedy act.

Beastie Boy

(U.S.) Jews who act black, comes from The Beastie Boys. Also sometimes used to describe a white person who acts black or associates with blacks. (Beastie Goy is also sometimes used to describe these whites as well)

Benny

(UK military) Falkland Islander (after character on Crossroads)

(North America) a male Jew - perhaps based on the number of Jewish men named Benjamin, Benny & Ben and/or Jack Benny as an iconic figure of the stereotypical tight-fisted Jew

Beret Wearing Snail Eater

(U.S.) a French person

Beulah

(U.S. Blacks) a black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout", (synonymous with Aunt Jemima).

Bhai

(Singapore) a Sikh person. Originates from the innocuous Punjabi word meaning brother but in this sense it is offensive

Bhaiya

(India) actually meaning brother, it refers to people native to the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Bindi

(India) Derogatory term for an Indian, especially Hindus. A bindi is a "dot" worn on the forehead of many Indian women.

Biafra

(UK & Ireland) Any thin person, derived from the famine victims of Biafra and the Congo during the 1960s.

Bife

(Portugal) Derogatory term for English people, who usually get red instead of tanned. It derivates from beef.

Biffo

(Ireland) Derogatory term for a person from County Offaly, Ireland; abbreviation for "Big Ignorant Fucker fROM Offaly"

Big Mama

(U.S.) an overweight black woman

Big nose

(U.S.) a Jew - Stereotypical Jewish facial features include a large nose.

Bigger Thomas

(U.S.) slang contraction for "bad nigger" derived from the anti-hero of Richard Wright's novel Native Son and the films based on it.

Bihari

(India) refers to a person from Bihar and Jharkhand, often used to denote a person who is illiterate and backward.

Billy boy

(Ulster/Scotland Catholics) a protestant; a reference to members of the Orange Order in Ulster and Scotland, derived from a popular Orange tune.

Bin-Laden

(U.S.) a person of Arab descent. Refers to Osama Bin Laden.

Bint

(UK military) originally an Arab woman, later any non-white woman. Now used in the UK as an offensive term for a woman of any race. Usage is similar to "cunt."

Bint-Laden

(UK military & U.S. military) a man of Arab descent. a combination of "Bin-Laden" and "Bint". Term suggests that an Arab man is like a "bint", see above.

Black Pillar Box

(UK) a Muslim woman who wears a burka

Black Velvet

(AUS) an Aboriginal prostitute

Blackamoor

(UK) historical term for a black person (this term goes back to the medieval era)

Blackfella

(Australia) an Aborigine

Blatte

(Sweden) a black or brown person.

Blaxican

(U.S.) a person of Mexican and black descent.

Blizzard

(U.S. blacks) a bunch of white people

Blood

(U.S.) a black man - usage has varied over time: 19th century usage referred to slaves, 20th century usage referred to "blood brothers", and recent usage also includes the name of a black street gang "The Bloods"

Bloodsuckers

(International) a pejorative term for Jews based on the medieval myth that Jews drank the blood of Christian children (blood libel). The term is also frequently applied to lawyers.

Blue-Eyed Devil

(U.S.) Used most typically by followers of the Nation of Islam as a generic derogatory term for white people

Blueblood

(U.S.) implies that the subject's high social status is the result of family name, and inheritance, not merit. Often used to describe White Protestant Americans of old money.

Bluenose

(CAN) a person from Nova Scotia, named for a famous schooner originating from said province. Often used with pride by residents of this province.

B.M.W.

(CAN) Black Man's Woman. Refers to Caucasian women who have relations with black men.

(U.S.) Black Man's Wheels. Refers to a "pimped out" car.

Boat Nigger

(U.S.) Cuban people, or anyone from the Caribbean seeking asylum in the U.S.

Boat People, Boaties

(AUS) sea-borne illegal immigrants of any nationality (In the 1970s usually Vietnamese, today mainly Afghans and Iraqis)

(CAN) restricted to Vietnamese and Southeast Asians in the late 1970s and early 1980s

Boat Rowers

(U.S.) Cuban people

Boche

(France) a German

Bogan

(AUS/NZ) lower class white person. Some parts of Australia use equivalent terms such as Westie/Westy (Auckland and Sydney — as many live in the city's western suburbs), Bevan (Queensland), Booner (Canberra) and Chigger (Tasmania); also, (CAN) an aboriginal.

Bog Trotter

(UK) Irish people. The Nuttall Encyclopedia notes it as a term for "Scottish moss-troopers" as well as "certain Irish for their agility in escaping over bogs".

Bog Wog

(UK) janitors and other low status occupations often held by foreigners (literally "toilet wog"). It was also used by British troops in Northern Ireland when referring to nationalists, due to the prevalence of bogland in Ireland.

Bohunk

(U.S. 1890s) a person from east-central Europe, especially a laborer (compound of Bo(hemian) + Hung(arian)).

Boliguayo

(Argentina) a very derogatory term, the result of mixing the words "Boliviano" and "Paraguayo" used for Bolivians and Paraguayans alike

Bolillo

(Mexico) white people (bolillo is a white bread roll)

Bolita

(Argentina) a derogatory term for Bolivians (bolita means little ball)

Bombay

(Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Brunei) A person of Asian Indian (i.e., Hindi, etc.) descent

Boofer

(Hawaii) Polynesian word for African American

Boogie

(African Whites) A Black Person

Boong

(AUS) Australian aboriginal. Related to the (extinct) slang word bung, meaning "dead", "infected", "dysfunctional". Highly offensive

Boonga & Boonie

(New Zealand) a Pacific Islander ("boo-nger")

Border Jumper

(U.S.) an illegal Mexican or Canadian immigrant

Boris

(U.S. & UK) a Russian immigrant

Bounty bar

(UK) (Bounty in France) a black person who acts like a white person, for the candy bar of coconut wrapped in dark chocolate

Bourneville Boulevardier

(UK) a homosexual man from Birmingham (Bourneville is the location of Cadbury's famous chocolate factory in Birmingham, England

Boy

(Southern U.S. and South African whites) a black male

Boy Lover

(UK & North America) a Greek male

(Anglo-Saxon Protestants) a Roman Catholic priest

Bozgor

(Romania) a Hungarian especially living in Romania; literally means "person without a country"

BR549

(U.S.) the telephone exchange for "Cornfield County" from the syndicated Country Music/Comedy program Hee Haw. This term is used to suggest someone is a "Redneck."

Brashka

(Israel) man of Russian origin.

Brasuca

(South America) Derogatory term in Spanish for Brazilian nationals. Among Brazilians, the term is considered merely slang, not derogatory.

Break-Your-Dick

(U.S. Military) term applied to Icelandic women, based on their perceived hypersexuality; derives from a rhyme with the Americans' pronunciation of Reykjavík.

Brew

(U.S.) a Jew. Shortened form of the word 'Hebrew'.

Briar

(Ohio) a person from Kentucky and to a lesser degree West Virginia. This term originated when Appalachians first sought factory jobs in Ohio (amid hostility from native Ohioans); this usage of "Briar" (a rough thorny plant) is akin to "weed".

Brit

(North America, Ireland) a British person, not usually intentionally offensive in North America, but often so in Ireland, where it often refers to members of the British army.

Brother

(U.S.) a black male - originally used among blacks, then appropriated by whites as a term for black males.

Brown Eye

(U.S.) an insulting term for a black person - based on slang for the anus

Brown Paper Bag

(upper-class U.S. Blacks) the darkest skin color accepted into African American "high society"

Brown Sugar

(U.S. & UK) a black woman, sometimes offensive - this term is used liberally in the Rolling Stones song of the same name

Brownie

(U.S.) a gay black male

Brudas

(Poland) usually a man with dark skin, from Africa or Asia, literally means "dirty person"

Bubba

(U.S.) an uneducated working-class man, especially a Southerner

Bubble

(UK) Greek (cockney rhyming slang "bubble and squeak")

Bubble Butt

(U.S.) a female (esp. a black person) with a round derriere

Buck

(Southern U.S.) obsolete term for a black man - usage similar to "breeding stock"

Buckeye

(Southern U.S.) an Ohio resident, from "The Buckeye State". not usually offensive, but can be intended as offensive, as in "Buckeye..just a worthless nut"

Buckwheat

(U.S.) a Negro - especially a young boy (from character Buckwheat from "Little Rascals/Our Gang" movie shorts of 1930s & 1940s)

Buddhahead

(African Americans in Eastern U.S.) an Asian person

Buffalo soldier

(U.S.) Any black man in uniform, derived from the nickname given to members of the all-black U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment

Buford

(U.S.) Similar to Bubba, an overweight, uneducated white working-class man from the southeastern U.S., somewhat popularized by Smokey and the Bandit character Buford T. Justice.

Buk-Buk

(Hawaii) a Filipino. Derived from the sounds of the Philippine languages.

Bule

(Indonesia) a Caucasian - literally means "blonde"

Bumpkin

(UK & AUS) white person, usually living in rural area. Equivalent term of hillbilly

Burkha Bitch

(U.S.) a Muslim woman. Offensive to Muslim and Arabic women.

Burner

(CAN) derived from Wagonburner, Canada, for Canadians of frontier stock

Burnt Calamari Rings

(Australian) Any person with Dark Rings (symbolising Burnt Calamari) around their eyes, mainly of Indian or Sri Lankan descent.

Burr-head

(North America & UK) a black person - descriptor for the hair.

Burzhuy (буржуй)

(Russia) a person from Western world. Originally was a spoken form of буржуа "bourgeois" (in marxist meaning).

Bushie

(South Africa) a coloured

Bög

(Finns) Swedish males (actually Swedish for a homosexual male), because Finns widely perceive Swedish males as effeminate, see also "Bøsser".

Bøsser

(Denmark & Norway) term for Swedish men - literally a term for a homosexual males, but also applied to heterosexual Swedes because they are perceived as weak and ineffectual. See also "bög".

C

Caflick

(Ulster & Scotland) a Catholic, see "proddy"

Cagariso

(Italy) literally "rice shitter", term for Asians

Caker

(Italian Canadians) a non-Mediterranean white Canadian; short for "mangia cake" or cake eater.

Camone

(Portugal) American ("Com'on")

Camel Humper & Camel Fucker

(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) emphatic terms similar to "Camel Jockey"

Camel Jockey

(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) someone of Middle Eastern descent

Campbell & Bloody Campbell

(Scotland, particularly the Highlands) contemptuous term for Scots with English loyalties/sympathies.

Campers

(U.S.) Jews, residents of concentration camps and also to a supposed predilection of Jewish parents to send their children to summer camps

Čamuga (Чамуга)

(Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) a black man or more commonly a gypsy - the most offensive term, commonly translation of nigger

Canadia

(U.S.) An intentional misspelling or mispronounciation of Canada.

"Canadian" & "Canada"

(U.S.) A Mexican. Used as "code speech" by Anglo's when discussing border problems, illegal immigration, and drug trafficking; to conceal discussions of Mexico and Mexicans.

Can'ardly

(AUS & NZ) Asians ("They can'ardly see")

Canetoad

(AUS, New South Wales) person from Queensland especially in the context of the State of Origin Football matches with New South Wales.

Canuck

(U.S. & CAN) a Canadian national. (Not always offensive, and considered by Canadians to be obsolete and silly -- compare "yankee")

Caphead

(AUS) a Jewish man

Cappo or Capo

(North American Jews) term for Jews that turn against or exploit their own people (from the name for Jewish guards in the concentration/death camps)

Cardboard Nigger

(U.S. Blacks) a black person "selling out" to the whites or not acting "black"

Carpetbagger

(U.S. Southerners) a Northerner who moved to the South after the civil war with the intent to plunder the bankrupted southern states. In modern times, a politician seeking office in a state they do not reside in. Examples include Democrats Robert F. Kennedy and Hilary Clinton both of whom became U.S. Senators representing the State of New York (Kennedy was from Massachussets and Clinton was from Arkansas).

Carpet Pilot

(U.S.) someone of Middle Eastern descent

Carlton

(U.S.) refers to Carlton Banks: a black character from the sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" who "acted white"

Carrot Cruncher

(U.K.) a rural uneducated person

Cashews

(U.S. Catholics, Jews) The children of a Jew and a Catholic. Originated from a standup routine by Jack Carter in the 1960s

Casper

(U.S. Blacks) a white person (sometimes used as "Casper, the unfriendly ghost")

Cave Bitch

(U.S. Blacks) white women - from an Ice Cube song about white women

CBC

(Canadian Chinese) "Canadian Born Chinese" - a mildly condescending term used by native-born Chinese.

Čefur

(Slovenia) A derogatory term for a person of South Slavic/Balkan descent (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Albanian, etc.) with extremely chauvinistic and racist connotations.

Celestial

(AUS, Western U.S., 19th century) Chinese

Četnik, Četo

(Croatia, Bosnia) Croatians and Bosniaks use this term to refer to people of Serbian Descent. A chetnik is a Serbian royalist, thus many Serbs do not see this as a derogatory comment.

Chakh-Chakh

(Israel) a Mizrahi Jew. Used by Ashkenazi Jews and integrated Israelis to ridicule the preservation of the pharyngeal (guttural) pronunciations of Hebrew consonants ח ħêth and ע ‘áyin by Mizrahi Jewish (mostly Yemenite) immigrants

Chalala

(France) young trendy Jew

Chamar

(Trinidad and Tobago) the name of an untouchable caste, used as an isulting name for a Hindu or person of Hindu descent, especially by other Indo-Trinidadians.

Chankke/Chankola

(Korea) a derogatory term for Chinese

Chankoro

(Japan) Any foreigner, especially Chinese, literally a subhuman, somewhat oldfashioned and mainly used during WWII.

Chapata/Chapat/Chapta/Chupta

(Used in U.S. Indian & Pakistani) Used in the subcontinent to describe a person of Oriental (Chinese, Japanese etc.) origin. Word is derived from Hindi 'chapata' meaning 'flat', used to refer to flat nose and facial features

Chapín

(Central America) someone from Guatemala

Charlie

(U.S.) a Vietnamese person (shortened from radio code for the Vietcong (V.C.): "Victor Charlie"); term also used by African Americans (mainly in the 1960s and 1970s) to refer to a white person (from James Baldwin's novel Blues For Mr. Charlie)

Charles

(U.S.) an Asian person (derived from Charlie)

Chav

(U.K.) a low-income common white with a penchant for bling fashion accessories. Before the phrase became famous, it was used loosely within employees of local authorities, such as the Job Centre and Social Security Office as an acronym for 'Council House And Violent'.

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys

(U.S.) the French, coined by Groundskeeper Willie of the TV program The Simpsons

Cheesehead

(U.S.) A resident of Wisconsin because of the state's dairies, a term embraced there, as demonstrated by the cheese-shaped hats worn by many Green Bay Packers fans. Also any Packers fan

Chekh (чех)

(Russia) a Chechen or sometimes another North Caucasus person; this word also means "a Czech person", but without offensive meaning

Chekwa

(Philippines) another derogatory word for people of Chinese descent

Chernozhopiy (Черножопый)

(Russia) literally means "a person possessing a black ass", used to refer to North Caucasus person, Central Asians, Middle Easterners, and also Africans and Indians. Offensive.

Chicano

(U.S., Mexico) a person of Mexican descent born in the United States. This word is not always a slur, however it is sometimes used by native Mexicans as a derogatory term to insinuate that the person born in the United States is not a true Mexican and, therefore, a "lesser" Mexican.

Chichacko

(NW CAN & NW U.S.) a derogatory Chinook Jargon word meaning newcomer.

Chicken-Shit

(U.S.) a Hindu - based on the bad pun "Hen Doo"

Chief

(North America) A Native American (considered disrespectful unless actually used to address a tribal leader)

Chigger or Chig

(U.S.) person of mixed African/asian ancestry (assumes Chinese), also a parasitic insect (terms also used in TV series "Space, Above & Beyond" as slurs against the enemy insectoid species) Also an asian who acts black, Similar to Wigger.

Chilango

(Mexico) a person from Mexico City. Used primarily in the states north of Mexico City (Coahuila, Guadalajara, Durango, Chihuahua, etc.). Residents of Mexico City consider the term's use by an outsider derogatory, but they use the term among themselves as a mark of pride.

Chinaman

(International) person of Chinese or generally of Asian descent

Ching Chong

(U.S. & Canada) An Asian

Chink

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a person of mainland Chinese descent, often misapplied to other East Asians as well. Also pronounced "chank" by blacks in American inner cities.

Chocko

(AUS) ethnic person of dark/olive complexion, usually of Mediterranian extraction. Derived from Chocolate Frog, ryming slang for Wog.

Chocolate Drop

(UK) a black person

Chogee

(AUS) someone of Asian descent

Chogue/Choag

(UK) Chinese person

Chok-Bari

(Korea) a derogatory term used to describe Japanese

Cholo

(Latin America) half-breed
(America) Hispanic gangster
(Mexico) Gangster
(Chile) Peruvian person

Chongo/Chango

(also "mono") (U.S. Hispanics) a black person ("chongo/chango" is Spanish for "monkey")

Choong

(AUS) Vietnamese or Cambodian immigrants

Chopperflops

(CAN) an Asian person

Choucroute

(France & Quebec) a German (French term for Sauerkraut)

Chowie

(UK/AUS) someone of Asian descent

Christ-Killer

(used by some Antisemites) a Jewish person

Chuchmek (чучмек)

(Russia) an Asian (mongoloid) person. See also "uzkoglazy".

Chug'

(CAN) an Aboriginal Canadian

Chuk'

(THAILAND) a sikh person, usually a tailor (Chuks are the things on their heads)

Chukcha (Чукча)

(Russia) originally inhabitant of Chukotka, later generally native Siberian. Today used for any east asians.

Chukhonets (Чухонец)

(Russia) A person from Finland or Estonia.

Chunk'

(U.S.) an obese Chink (yao czerk) (see above)

Chuntaro

(Mexico, U.S.) a rural Mexican immigrant

Churka (чурка)

(Russia) a Central Asian, an Azeri, an Armenian, a Kazakh, a Turk, sometimes Mongolian: used mostly in reference to Turkic persons. The literal meaning of the word is firewood

Chyorny (чёрный)

(Russia) a Central Asian, a person from Caucasus; sometimes a black man or an Indian, or any person whose skin color is less white than of an average Russian. Means black

Čifut (Чифут), Tsifoutis (Tσιφούτης)

(Former SFRY, Bulgaria, Greece) Jew

Cigan, Tsigannos (Τσιγγάνος)

(Former SFRY, Albania, Greece) Gypsy

Cioarā

(Romania) a Rom (Gypsy), it means "crow" in Romanian

Claip

(U.S.) an Amish person (origin uncertain; more commonly used as a verb, in the present participle – 'claipping : to refer to an act of harassment against the Amish, especially stoning an Amish-driven buggy as it passes along a road, particularly at night)

Clip-tip

(U.S.) a Jew. Refers to the Jewish religious ritual of circumcision.

Clog Wog

(AUS) a person of Dutch origin, not always offensive

Coal / Coal Black

(UK & North America) referring to people with extremely dark skin

Coal

(UK) referring to people of Arabic origin, similar to "Paki", coinsides with "Coal Mine" which means "Paki" Country.

Coal Burner

(U.S.) a white woman who has sex with black men

Coca

(Portugal) a Mozambican (usually white), shortened from the word Coca-Cola.

Cochise

(U.S.) a Native American, after Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache warrior chief who resisted white usurpation of Indian land

Cockroach

(Germans, Americans of German descent) insulting term for a Frenchman, also Kakerlake
(AUS, Queensland) person from New South Wales, especially in the context of the Rugby League State of Origin matches with Queensland.

Coco

(UK) a black person
(New Zealand) a Pacific Islander (shortened from coconut)

Coconut

(U.S./UK/AUS) a black or Hispanic person who is perceived to act "like a white person" (a coconut is dark on the outside but white on the inside)

Coconut & Coconut Nigger

(UK/AUS/NZ) Term used to refer to Polynesians and Micronesian and Melanesians. The abundance of coconut in these islands and the dark skin of the inhabitants seems to be the origin of this slur.

Colorado Beetle

(French WWII era) "doryphore": a German person

Colored

(U.S.) a Black person. Now considered a slur, it was acceptable in the past - for example "NAACP"

Coloured

(South Africa) a community of mixed origin, including Khoikhoi and Asian slaves, not derogatory but the normal term for this community
(UK Commonwealth) a black person (while not usually intended to be offensive, the term is not regarded as acceptable by many black people)

Combine Pilot

(Canada) a person who lives in a farm community such as Saskatchewan

Conch

(U.S.) a year-round resident of the Florida Keys, alternate usage is "native of Key West", not generally considered a slur by residents

Conchy Joe

(Bahamas) a white native whose ancestors were slave-owning Loyalists; can be used jokingly and without negativity to refer to any white Bahamian

Convict

(AUS) white/anglo Australian, used by aboriginal and ethnic Australians, derived from the first European settlers on the First Fleet in 1788

Coolie

(North America) a Chinese (originally used in 19th-century for Chinese railroad labor). Also racial epithet for Indo-Caribbean people, especially in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and South African Indians, where it is considered on par with "nigger".

Coon

(U.S.) a black person - from the practice of using hunting dogs trained to track "coons" (raccoons) to track runaway slaves. It is also used pejoratively in Australia to refer to Aborigines. "Coon" also is used as an appropriated term by some "coloureds" in South Africa and some Maori in New Zealand. (See Blackface, "The 'Coons' of South Africa and New Zealand.")

Coonass

(U.S.) a Cajun person, either from French 'conasse' (something like bitch) or (more likely) because they were regarded as lower than Coons (see above). Today, Cajuns freely use the term among themselves as a mark of pride or an in-joke, but many consider its use by non-Cajuns derogatory.

Corkhead

(UK) a native of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England.

Corn Fed

(U.S.) an overweight girl or woman from the midwest (cattle are typically corn fed to fatten them for market)

Corn Guzzler

(U.S.) a rural southerner or appalachian (from drinking illegal corn liquor)

Cosby Kids

(U.S.) a racist term for human feces that refers to the fictional Huxtable children. Common usage, as in "I've got to drop the Cosby Kids at the pool.", meaning use the toilet.

Cosmopolite

(former Soviet Union) a Jew

Cossack

(U.S. Jews) a non Jewish Russian

Cotton Picker

(U.S.) a black person

Country & Country Ass Nigger

(U.S. Urban Blacks) derogatory term for rural blacks, considered backwards

Cowboy

(Europe) an American, often used by political cartoonists. (Not offensive to many Americans, reflecting European ignorance of American cultural norms).

crack-baby

(U.S.) a black baby (refers to black mothers who are addicted to crack)

Cracker

(U.S.) a white person, esp. one in the South or Appalachia with a poor, rural background. Derogatory, though sometimes used self-referentially and interchangeably with "good ol' boy".

Crauto

(North Italy) refers to all German people

Crick-Crick

(U.S.) a Japanese tourist - usually with cameras, from the sound of the camera shutter. Also refers to the absence of the syllable representing the English letter L in Japanese language, and the inability of Japanese to correctly pronounce it.

Criminal

(UK & NZ) an Australian (see also convict)

Crow-eater

(AUS) a person from South Australia

Crusader

(Islam) a person from a country where Christianity is dominant (the Americas and Europe).

Crucco

(North Italy) refer to all German people.

Crusty;

(Britain) a gypsy, traveller or tramp.

Csangos

(North Serbia & Montenegro) although the term refers to Hungarins living in Romania and Moldavia, and is not offensive, in Serbia and Montenegro it is used offensively for all Hungarian persons.

Cucaracha or Cockroach

(U.S.) a Mexican immigrant

Cuff

(U.S.) a black person

Culchie

(Ireland) A term used by natives of large cities and towns (Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Omagh, Galway, Dundalk, etc...) to describe people from outside the large urban areas, especially those from rural Ireland. Word is reported to stem from a mispronunciation of the village of Kiltemagh (kill-che-mock), County Mayo, or the phrase "culturally retarded". A person from County Cork may sometimes be called a 'rednecked culchie'. However, the authoritative books on the issue ("Slanguage", "Dictionary of Irish Slang", etc) generally say that it came from the introduction of Agricultural Science students to the main campus of UCD in the 1960s. The other students shortened "Agricultural" to "culchie" and the name spread to mean all non-Dublin people.

Culture Carrier

(Nazi Germany) an Asian

Culture Creator

(Nazi Germany) an "Aryan"

Culture Destroyer

(Nazi Germany) a Jew or African (also, Jews were also sometimes referred to as simply The Destroyer)

Curley / Curlie

(U.S. Northeast) a term for Hassidic/Orthodox men - possible etymologies include their characteristic curls, or possibly because the Curley Howard (Jerome Horwitz) of Three Stooges fame was a Jew

Curl Merchant

(U.S. Northeast) a term for Hassidic/Orthodox men - rhymes with "pearl merchant" - see "curley/curlie"

Curry Muncher or Curry

(AUS & NZ) an Indian or other South Asian person

Cygan

(Poland) it used to be Polish name for Roma (Gypsies), but due to popular belief that Gypsies don't work, steal and con people it is used today as a noun and verb meaning "con" (compare the English gyp).

Czarnuch

(Poland) people of African or Middle Eastern origin; derived from Polish "czarny" (black); similarly to U.S. "Negro/nigger" Polish "czarny" is neutral, statement-of-fact, while "czarnuch" is highly offensive. The English language cognate is "char," meaning to "blacken."

D

D4

(Ireland) Mocking term for residents of the postal district Dublin 4. Locals in Dublin 4 are generally stereotyped as upper-class snobs who speak with a certain Anglo-Irish twang (i.e. "mobile phone" becomes "mowbile phewn").

Da Bi Zi

(Chinese) Caucasian people – literally “Big noses”

Dago

(U.S.) someone of Italian descent (originally derived from the Spanish name Diego, it was applied to Spanish, Portuguese or Italian sailors)
(UK) a Spanish person, often greasy dago

DagoWop

(U.S.) (a combination of two slurs) an Italian

Dahaati

(Iran) (also translated as Dehaati) A Farsi word used to describe people (in a derrogatory manner) who live in villages and small towns in rural areas. It is almost synonymous with the American term "Hillbilly".

Damn Yankee or Damnyankee

(Southern U.S.) A person from the northern United States, often pronounced as a single word. Differs from "Yankee" in that a Yankee is one who intends to return to the north, while a Damn Yankee intends to stay in the south.

Dandy

(British) A person of Hispanic, Mediterranean or South-American origins (Dandy and The Beano rhyming with Latino).

Darkie or darky

(U.S. and elsewhere) Derogatory term for a black person; also a racist, iconic caricature with inky-black skin, googly eyes and exaggerated red, pink or white lips; a celebrated example of its use was in a popular song of 1928 entitled "Mississippi Mud," performed by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and sung by the "Rhythm Boys," whose members included Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer. See also Blackface.

Dark Meat

(U.S.) slur for black people - derived from the poultry term, often used as a term of sexual objectification for blacks.

Dark-Skinned

(U.S. Blacks) term of ridicule for African Americans with very dark skin

Day Laborers

(U.S.) illegal Mexicans, refers to their propensity for migrant work or for taking temporary jobs, where they are paid at day's end in cash

Desert nigger

(AUS) A person of Middle-Eastern or Indian descent

Desi

(India) A person or thing of Indian/Indian subcontinent origin. e.g, desi movie, desi girl, desi food

The Destroyer

(Nazi Germany) a general term for Jews and Jewry, who were said to "destroy" or "corrupt" German/Aryan culture because they supposedly had no culture or homeland of their own (see also Culture Destroyer)

Devil Dogs

(translation from German) WWI German term of scorn for U.S. Marines, later adopted by the USMC as a badge of pride

Diaper head

(U.S.) someone of Middle Eastern descent, or another person that wears a turban

DIB

(U.S.) Israelis. Dumb Israeli Bastard. Used by American Jews to describe practitioners of what they view as crude Israeli culture.

Didicoy/Diddicoy

(UK) Rom (Gypsies)

Dim Sum

(U.S.) A Chinese person

Ding

(AUS; Western Australia) an Italian (now rarely used, see also Wog).

Dinge

(U.S.) a black person

Dink

(U.S. Vietnam era) North Vietnamese soldiers or guerillas.

Dirt Dauber

(U.S.) someone of Hispanic descent (Previously living in adobe houses).

Dogan

(CAN) Irish Catholic

Dog Eater / Dog Muncher

(U.S.) someone of Filipino, Korean or Vietnamese descent. 'Dog Eater' also used against the Lakota for their practice of 'white dog feasts' (the white dog believed to be Sacred) by whites, neighboring tribes, and even other Sioux tribes from the Dakota dialect who did not share this tradition/ritual. Generally considered quite offensive by the Lakota.

Don

(U.S.) a wealthy Italian "businessman" - especially a ranking mafioso
(England) a Spaniard (from the Spanish title) (Common use in Elizabethan times)

Donkey

(North America) an Irish person - analogous to the view of Irish as "beasts of burden"

Dot or Dot-head

(U.S.) someone of South Asian descent (from the Hindu practice of wearing bindis)

Dot or Feather?

(U.S.) a phrase for sorting American Indians from Asian Indians

Dresiarz / Dres

(Poland) young urban people wearing sportswear (from Polish "dres" -sportswear), usually bald, often organised crime (recruiting from this group)

Druid

(UK) a Welshman. From the ancient Celtic religion.

Dukh (дух)

(Russia) military slang for Afghans & Chechens. Means spirit or malodor. Descends from afghanian worf dushman=peasant.

Dumptruck

(U.S.) term for black people with large buttocks. Originated on 'Chappelle's Show'.

Dune Coon

(U.S.) someone of Middle Eastern descent

Dutch Courage

(U.S./UK) courage that develops from having too much to drink. Specifically refers to gin, which the Dutch brought to England when William of Orange invaded.

Dutchman

anglophone South African whites, used for Afrikaner

DWA

(U.S./Northwest) Asian drivers, perceived to be poorer drivers than others. From "Driving While Asian"

DWB

(U.S.) black drivers, perceived by police to be driving the "wrong car" or in "wrong neighborhood" - from "Driving While Black"

DWO

(U.S.) Asian drivers, perceived to be poorer drivers than others. From "Driving While Oriental"

E

Egg

(CAN) a white person who "acts" like an Asian (white on the outside, yellow on the inside)

Eggplant

(Northeast U.S. & Chicago, Israel) a black person - based on the dark color of the vegetable (see also moolie), in Israel called "hatzilah"

Egg Roll Dick

(North America) an Asian male, based on the perception that the uncircumsized Asian penis resembles an egg roll

Eh Hole

(U.S. states bordering CAN) Canadians, in reference to how they say "eh?"

Elvis

(U.S.) overweight southerner with unexplainable sex appeal (for example Bill Clinton)

English

(U.S. Amish) disparaging term for non-Amish whites

English Church

(Scotland) Scottish Episcopal Church, who are in communion with the Church of England.

Ese

(U.S.) someone of Hispanic descent, specifically Mexican. Derived from the Spanish word for "S" signifying "Southern". Popularised through its use by the Southern California prison gang "Mexican Mafia". Only actually offensive when used toward a rival of the Mexican Mafia gang.

Eskimo

(North America) a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo ("eaters of raw flesh") but they call themselves the Inuit ("the people") or Yupik

Essex girl

(UK) A woman born in the British county of Essex, noted for her strong estuary (common) accent, flamboyant sense of humour and liberated sexuality

Ethnic

(UK & AUS) someone whose ethnicity is not of Northern European descent or indigenous descent, someone else

European Nigger

(Eire) Someone of Irish descent.

EuroNazi

(U.S.) Europeans, referring to Europe's history of dictators, nazis, and imperialism

Europeon

(U.S.) Europeans. A pun based on the similarity of the end of the word "European" to the word "peon". The implication is that Europeans are lowly, unfree people.

Eurosexual

(U.S.) Implies that Europeans are effeminate. Not always used for Europeans, as it is also used as "A metrosexual who doesn't bathe."

Euro-spic

(U.S.) Someone of Spanish or Portuguese ethnicity.

Eurotrash

(U.S. & UK) Europeans gatecrashing society by trading on false claims of wealth, titles of nobility etc.

Euro-weenies

(U.S.) Europeans, particularly French, who don't support instances of U.S. foreign military intervention

Eye-talian / Eytie

(North American & UK) someone of Italian descent

F

Faj

(South Africa) a black person; used primarily in prisons by white people

Falasha

(Worldwide) Jew of Ethiopian origin; correctly known as Beta Israel

FAP

(North American) Derogatory acronym used for "Fat Asian Pig".

Farang

(Thai) any Caucasian person

Farangi

(Urdu) foreigner

Fatme

(Lebanese) a Muslim woman who wears traditional concealing clothing; used by non-Muslims of either sex

FBI

(Boston) for "Foreign Born Irish" who immigrate and immediately take high-paying white collar jobs

Feather head

(U.S.) a Native American

Fender head

(U.S.) an Asian

Fenian

(Ulster & west of Scotland Protestants) originally the name of a political movement, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, but now a derogatory term aimed at Catholics, especially those thought to sympathise with the IRA.

al Ferengi

(Arabs) term for a foreigner, especially a disliked or distrusted one. Word was used as the name of a despicable alien race in Star Trek, the Ferengi.

Feuj

(France) a Jew (Verlan of Juif)

FIB

(U.S. from Illinois) acronym used to refer to Illinois residents generally by Wisconsinites to refer to people on vacation from Illinois. The acronym stands for "Fucking Illinois Bastard."

Field Nigger/Field Slave

(U.S.) A dark skinned or uneducated black person. Usually used by other blacks. Derives from slave times when dark skinned blacks were relegated to outdoor work. See house nigger.

Fig eaters : (U.S.) Middle easterners

Fig newton

(U.S. Blacks) a white person who acts black - opposite of Oreo

Filippa

(Italy) a Filipina

Finik (финик)

(Russia) a person from Finland. The literal meaning of the word is date, a fruit of the date palm.

Firehose

An insult referring to a male with an uncircumsized penis

Fischkopf/Fischkopp (Fishhead)

(Germany) someone from Northern Germany, used primarily by Bavarians

Fisheyes

(U.S. Asians) a white person

Fish and chips

(Britain) a white British person with no taste and low intelligence.

Fjord nigger

(Alaska) an Alaskan Native of the Tlingit tribe

Flapping head

(International) a Canadian, from South Park since every Canadian character in South Park has a flapping head and beady eyes and squared boddies.

Flat-Face or Flat-Head

(North America) an asian

Flatlander

(Northern New England & Northeastern Canadian provices) a person who was born in or lives in one of the Prairie Provinces, especially Saskatchewan. Considered derogatory when used by those from Quebec or Ontario. Also, in Vermont, a left-leaning wealthy person from New York or Boston.

(Wisconsin) a person from Illinois; see FIB.

Flattie'

(Britaintraveller community) someone of fixed abode

Flea

(Australia) a person of Yugoslavian descent (derives from the fact that the majority of the Yugoslav names end in "ich" or "itch", when a flea bites, you itch)

Flip

(U.S.) a person of Filipino descent. Used in the 80’s and early 90’s by Filipino American youths from Chicago born in the U.S. as a contraction of “Filipino”. Considered derogatory in Hawaii, but generally acceptable in other U.S. states. It is not true that the term was invented by American troops stationed in the Philippines, or that it is an acronym for "Fucking (or Flippin') Little Island People".

FOB, Fob, F.O.B.

(U.S., AUS/NZ, CAN) "Fresh Off the Boat". Any new immigrant, referring to when most immigrants used to arrive by boat/raft. Also describes one who doesn't change their way of life, even though they are in a new and very different country. Also a slur against people who exhibit their traditional culture regardless of how long they have spent in the new country, including 2nd generation immigrants. In Hawaii, it is used generally towards Filipinos. In Canada the term usually refers to recent immigrants from Hong Kong and Mainland. In Australian it is used for Maoris and Pacific Islanders, and is extremely offensive towards people from China. More recently, the term 'FOBland' describes the country of the immigrants' origin. Because of Canada's large Chinese community, the word FOB is considered very offensive. See also FOP

Fog-Breather

(U.S.) British person

FOP

(U.S, AUS) "Fresh Off the Plane". A new variation to "FOB", referring to when most immigrants used to arrive by boat/raft. Also describes one who doesn't change their way of life, even though they are in a new and very different country.

Forby

(AUS) a Jew. Rhyming slang, forby is short for four-by-two, a piece of wood four inches by two, commonly used in building - now obsolete

Fork

(Chinese) a brown person in Chinese

Foula

(Libyan) an Egybtian person. Foula maens a fava bean in arabic and is applied to egyptians in Libya due to the fact that the egyptian diet is to a large extent based on fava beans.

Franchute

(Spain) a French national

Franzmann

(Germany) a French national

Free Stater

(Ireland) a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, especially to Ulster Protestants. Also used by Irish republicans to refer to Irish people who they believe are less than patriotic.

Frenchy & Frencher

(U.S.) a person with French roots (also fellatio)

Fresno Indian

(U.S.) an Armenian (Fresno, California has a sizeable Armenian population).

Fritz

(UK, France, Russia (фриц) ) a German

Frog or froggie

(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) a French national; (Canada) a French-Canadian (Not always offensive, at least to French-Canadian)

Frog Eater or Frog Nibbler

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a French national

Frog Wog'

(UK) a French national, based on the expression "The wogs start at Calais."

Frummer

(UK) : A Hasidic Jew, from the Yiddish word "frum" meaning devout.

Fudgie

(Michigan) derogatory term Yoopers (see Yooper) use to describe lower pennisula Michigan tourists who purchase the gimmick fudge in the Upper Penninsula.

Fuzzy buzzy/wuzzy

(AUS/NZ) a Melanesia - usually Papuan or Solomon Islander
(UK military) 19th century term for a North African or any non-white

G

Ga Tsai

(Hong Kong) Japanese person

Gabacho

(Spain) a French national
(Mexico) any white foreigner, usually American.

Gabardine stroking monkey

(U.S.) a Jew. Jews are often stereotyped as haberdashers.

Gachupín

(Central America) a Spaniard

Gadjo/Gadji

(Roma / Gypsy) the standard Romany (Gypsy) word for a non-Roma and is not intended to be offensive. The term was borrowed in Romanian slang with the meaning of "person" or "lover"

Gaijin

(Japan) any non-East Asian, though most widely used against Whites. Sometimes intended to be derogatory where its meaning is "barbarian." Less polite term for a foreigner than "gaikokujin", meaning roughly "outlander;" "gaijin" is closer to "outsider".

Gallego

(Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela) a person from Spain

Gandhi

(UK & U.S.) a person from India

Garlic Eater

(Japan) Japanese term for the Chinese. Comparing the lack of garlic in Japanese cooking to the large amount used in Chinese cooking.

Gas Huffer/Gasoline Huffer

(Canada & U.S.) North American Native American person.

Gator Bait

(Southern U.S. - esp. near sub/tropical wetlands) a troublesome Negro

Gavacho

(Mexico) a non-Mexican white person (See gabacho)

Gay or Just English?

(U.S.) The perceived effeminately foppish mannerisms of Englishmen

Gaysian

(U.S.) refers to men of Asian descent who may or may not be homosexual, based on their appearance (clothing, hairstyle, etc.).

Geechie

(South Carolina & Georgia) disrespectful term for the "Gulla" - a distinct subculture/Semi-African dialect of the blacks of the coastal islands

Geep'

(U.S.) an Italian (From Pinocchio's "father" Gepetto, who was Italian)

Geier

(German) "vulture", a derogatory term for persons from the Middle East

'ger

(Texas), a spoken abbrevaion of "Nigger" pronouned "grr". Usage based on the difference between the broadly offensive term "Nigger" and the diluted term "Nigga".

German candle, German oven mitt

(U.S.) Jews. Reference to crematoria and the Holocaust.

Ghati

(India) in general, any Maharashtrian; else specifically Maharashtrians from Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur

Ghetto-Fabulous

(U.S.) a term for black women with ostentatious taste - see B.A.P. Alternately, this term is also used by blacks to describe someone in the ghetto with a flashy expensive lifestyle, like a drug dealer or rapper. Outwardly similar to "nigger rich" (below) but is considered a braggadocious compliment, often used self-descriptively by males.

Ghost

(China - Qing Dynasty), a foreigner, esp. a Japanese person (white people were "ghosts from the seas")

(Sub-Saharan Africa) a white person

(Hong Kong) a non-Asian (including blacks) (ironic?).

Giargianese

(North-Italy) an Albanian, Turk or Balkan.

Giauro

(North-Italy) a Black-African.

Gicho or jicho

(Spain) a Rom (Gypsy) (from gitano)

Gin

(AUS) an Aboriginal woman

Gina

(CAN) a young woman of Mediterranean descent who is seen as ditzy or self-absorbed, esp. the girlfriend of a Gino (see below)

Gino

(CAN) a young man of Mediterranean descent who acts in a macho fashion

Ginzo

(U.S.) an Italian-American

Goatfucker

(late filmmaker Theo van Gogh) Muslims

Goat Roper

(U.S. southwest & lower midwest esp. Oklahoma & Missouri), white people (primarily suburbanites) with an interest in cowboy dress, rodeo, and/or country music

Goddams (Les)

(medieval France) Englishmen, after the common exclamation uttered by them.

Godo

(Canary Islands) "Goth", a Peninsular Spaniard.

Goita

(Catalan countryside) a Barcelonese city-dweller (from Catalan goita, "look!")

Goldberg

(U.S.) Jew. Goldberg is a common (Ashkenazi, i.e. Central or Eastern European) Jewish name that carries a monetary allusion.

Goldie

(U.S.) Jew. Refers to yellow/gold stars of David that the Nazis used to identify Jews.

Golliwogg

(UK Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, after Florence Kate Upton's children's book character

Goober

(U.S.) a rural person with a "glorious lack of sophistication" (from the slang term for "Peanut")

Good ol' Boy

(U.S.) a Southern white man. Not considered offensive when used by a Southerner, but offensive when used by a non-Southerner.

Goofy Newfie

(CAN) a person from Newfoundland

Gook

(U.S.) military slang since 1899, applied initially to Filipinos during the Filipino insurrection of 1899, and later revived for Asians during the Korean War and Vietnam War; It derives from Gugus, the Tagalog word for "tutelary spirit". See . May have gained currency during the Korean conflict, since "gook" in Korean means "country"; "Migook" is "American" (literally translated, 'Migook' means 'beautiful country') and "hangook" is "Korea." Popularized to include any Asian after its widespread use during the Korean War.

Goomba

(North America) An Italian person - from the Italian word "Compare" (pronounced 'cumpa') meaning "a close friend."

Gora

(Pakistan & India) (Urdu گورا) Britishers. A white person, particularly from the colonial era. Literally means 'white'.

Gorilla

(U.S. & UK) a big, fat black person. An African. Also, generically, any large and presumed violent male of low intelligence, a thug.

Gorol

(Poland) person from outside Silesia (especially from Zagłębie Dąbrowskie), used by Silesians

Goy (גוי)

(Jews) a non-Jew (Gentile)or someone that does not practice Judaism; (Goy, plural goyim, is the standard Hebrew and Yiddish word for a Gentile and is often offensive. "Goj" (plural "Gojiem") is also the accepted Dutch word for a non-Jew.)

Goyisher Kopf

(Jews) Jew who "thinks" like a non-Jew (literally, Goy-head)

Granola

(U.S.) a Californian (as granola is a mixture of fruits, nuts & flakes)

Greaseball

(U.S.) an Italian person

Grease monkey

(U.S.) Italian, or any other Mediterranean person (Note that the same term is used for a motor mechanic)

Greaser

(U.S./AUS) someone of Latin American descent, esp. Mexican, in Australia, Italian

Greasy Wop

(UK) an Italian, greasy is due to the use of hair-grease, wop is another slur for Italian.

Great White Hope

(North America) White Athlete who is presumably hyped by the media to keep fans interested in sports dominated by non whites (i.e boxing and basketball).

Greek

(UK & North America) person who indulges in anal sex (for example Greek style, Greek love, etc.)

Grimace

(U.S.) a fat particularly dark-skinned black person (from the McDonald's restaurant character)

Gringo

(The Americas) Non-Hispanic U.S. national Hence Gringolandia, the United States; Not always a pejorative term, unless used in an offensive manner.
(Brazil) Any foreigner.
(Northeastern United States) A tourist from Middle America.

Groundskeeper Willie

(UK & North America) an unflattering term for a Scotsman (after the stereotypical character from the Simpsons cartoon)

Guat

(North America) A person from Guatemala.

Gubba

(AUS) Aboriginal (Koori) term for white people - derived from Governor/Gubbanah

Guero

(Mexico/U.S. Latinos) a non Latin white person

Guido

(U.S.) refers to a subculture of primarily Italian-American males, with the reputation of being "mob connected"

Guiri

(Gibraltar) English person, also used in Spain to mean 'tourist'. Not always offensive.

Gunga Din

(UK) a low status/subservient term for an Indian or Pakistani

Gurbet

(Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Gypsy

Gweilo

also spelled "gwailo"; (Hong Kong and Southern China) "White ghost" or "White devil," a Cantonese term for Caucasians. Comparable to the Mandarin "Lao wai."

Gyp

(International) to rob or cheat someone, comes from the common stereotype of Gypsies as thieves.

Gyppo

(UK) Romany peoples, short for 'Gypsy' (see below); Also, UK and Australian military, Egyptians, sometimes used affectionately, but "bloody Gyppo" was a term of abuse

Gypsy

(International) a Sinti or Roma, also an Armenian of Roma descent

H

Habesha

Ethiopian person that is either Amhara or Tigre.

Habib

(U.S.) someone of Middle-Eastern, North African, Muslim, or South Asian Subcontintent descent. From an Arab name.

Haggis muncher

(England) a Scot

Hairyback

(Anglophone South Africans) an Afrikaner

Hajji

(North America) an Iraqi, Arab, Muslim, or occasionally other nonwhite, used by U.S. occupation forces; one soldier notably wrote "Hodgie killer" on his footlocker (See Hajj for non-offensive usage). Also associated with Hadji of Jonny Quest

Hak Gwai

(Cantonese) a black person. - literally means "black ghost"

Half-Breed or Half-Caste

(Worldwide) a person of mixed race

Halfrican

(North America) a multiracial person of partial black descent ("half-African"); sometimes self-applied

al Halsuada

(Palestinian Territories) Jews (local Arabic dialect for "Evil Dogs")

Hamburger Heifer

(U.S.) term for an obese young woman from the Midwest - pun on the budget food product Hamburger Helper and Heifer (a young cow)

Hamilton

(Scottish) South Asians (Hamilton Academicals Football Club, often abreviated to Hamilton Accies, rhyming with 'pakis').

Hanys

(Poland) Silesian - used normally between the Silesians about themselves, considered as offensive when used by a person from other part of Poland (origins probably from the German name Hans)

Haole or Howlie

(Hawaii) whites - RARELY considered to be extremely derogatory

Happy Slave

(U.S./UK) an Irish immigrant, also used in the same context as "house nigger"

Harp

(North America) an Irishman

Hasidic Gentile

(U.S.) a term used by Chabad Lubavitch Jews to describe Gentiles worthy of acceptance; offensive for many, including Gentile-born Jewish converts

Hayseed

(North America) an unrefined person, usually of rural origins

Hay Seed

(Northeast U.S.) a Hassidic Jew - from the intentional mispronounciation of Hasid

Hebe, Heeb or Heebo

(North America) a Jew (short for Hebrew), universally considered offensive.

Heinz 57

(North America) a person of indeterminate racial or national origin

Herm

(U.S. Military) a German used in phrase "Herman the German"

Hessian

(North America) Usually used in reference to a machismo whitetrash metal head, or hard rocker.

Hick

(North America) rural person, generally uneducated, similar to yokel

High Yellow / Yella

(U.S.) a light-skinned black person

Hillbilly

(U.S.) a rural white person, esp. one from Appalachia or the Ozarks.

Hindoo

(AUS) 19th century, Indian

Hitlerowiec

(Poland) derogatory term for German nationals, comes from Adolf Hitler.

Hok gwai

(Canton) a black person; Literally means "dark ghost"

Holy Roller

(U.S.) ritualistic protestants prone to shaking (Shakers), quaking (Quakers), rolling on the floor, suffering from fits or "speaking in tongues" (Pentecostals during worship or prayer)

Honger

(North America) a person from Hong Kong

Honky also spelled "honkey" or "honkie"

(U.S. blacks) a white person (derived from "hunkie")

Hooch Cooch

(U.S. Military) term for an asian woman of easy virtue

Hook nose

(U.S.) a Jew, from the myth of Jewish facial features. Used for Arabs as well in recent times.

Hoosier

(St. Louis area of Missouri and Illinois) a lower class, uneducated white person. Anywhere else, a non-offensive term for a native of Indiana.

Hop Sing

(North America) derogatory term for an Asian male (Hop Sing was the Cartwright's servant on Bonanza)

Hori

(NZ) a Maori. Comes from the Maori pronunciation of the English name "George"

Hoser & Hosehead

(North America) derogatory term for Canadians (sometimes used by Canadians to disparage other Canadians)

Hotnot

(South Africa) a Coloured person, from Hottentot the name the Dutch gave to the indigenous Khoikhoi people who were of a similar skin colour to today's Coloureds.

House Boy

(North America) derogatory term for an Asian male - see Hop Sing

House Nigger/House Slave

(U.S.)Derogatory term for a light skinned black or a black person who is perceived to be acting better than others. Usually used by other blacks, originated in slave times when light skinned blacks were used for house work. See Field Nigger.

Hout

(South Africa, Zimbabwe) derogatory term for black - from Afrikaans houtkop (wooden head).

al-Hufa

(Palestinian Territories - West Bank) a person from the East Bank. From Arabic language - the barefoot

Huinca

In Chile, used term by mapuche people in order to talk about white chilean people

Hun

(Allies in WWI) a German soldier
(Irish nationalists) a pro-British Protestant
(Scottish Catholics) Protestant, especially members of the Orange Order (See Huns for non-offensive usage)

Hungaro

(Spain & Mexico) an eastern european (from the Spanish word for Hungarian)

Hunkie

(Northern U.S.) early 20th century term for a laborer of Hungarian descent

Hymie also spelled "heimy"

(U.S. blacks) a Jewish person, especially from New York City

Hymietown

(U.S. blacks) New York City - publicly used by the Rev. Jesse Jackson

I

I-tie

(North America) see Eyetie

Ice Nigger

(CAN) an Aboriginal Canadian person (e.g., Inuit, etc.)

Ice mutant

(black supremacists) a white person

Ikey-Mo

(Australian) a Jew

Inbred

(U.S.) A Rural white. Referring to the stereotype that people from Appalachia marry and procreate within their own family.

Inchik

(Philippines) A person of Chinese descent.

Incognegro

(U.S.) a black person trying to fit in with whites, from a pun on "incognito"

Indian

(North America) a Native American. Considered offensive by some because they are natives of the Americas and not natives of India (see Native American name controversy).

Indian giver

(North America) slur against Native Americans implying dishonesty, But rarely actually used in reference to Native Americans. "Indian giver" is a general descriptive slur meaning to give something and then want it back.

Indio

(Latin America and Philippines) A derogatory name given by the Spanish and those of full Iberian (criollo) descent to people who are of aboriginal Native American Indians and Mestizos living in South America and Mexico. Similar to Injun in North America and equivalent to the word Nigger in Latin America. In the Philippines, it was used by the Spaniards during the Spanish colonial period (late 16th century-19th century) to denote native brown-skinned unmixed Filipinos.

Injun

(United States) a Native American, from "Indian". Popularized by Western films of the 20th century.

Inside Out Nigger/ Irish Nigger

(Boston/Philadelphia) Irish-American who lives in the inner city and has thus adopted stereotypically or typically African-American and typically or stereotypically inner-city language, dress, behavior, style, or been affected by other influences from this culture.

Instant Asshole

(Scandinavia) term for Icelanders (just add alcohol). A term often applied to Icelandic sports teams who frequently consume large amounts of alcohol (mainly due to the highly expensive price of alcohol in Iceland) on trips to other Scandinavian countries and frequently become very violent afterwards.

Ireng

(Malaysia) means black; a Malay slur for Africans or Papuans

Irish curse

(North America) ethnic slur for alcoholism; also unrelated as a sexual slur for being afflicted with a small penis or infinite fertility.

Irish Gypsy(s)

(North America) see "Irish Traveller(s)"

Irish Tinker

(Britain) insulting term for a low status Irish person

Island Ape/ Inselaffe

(Germany) Term sometimes used for people from the United Kingdom

Islum, Islumic

(UK) an offensive term used to refer to Islam and the below average socio-economic status for Muslims in the U.S.. (A portmanteau of slum and Islam).

Israel West

(International) the United States of America, derived from the notion that the U.S. is a western colony of Israel

Itacker

(Germany) Italian or person of Italian descent

Ivan

(America) same reason as "Iwan"

Iwan

(Germany) a Russian, after a common forename

Izer

(Israel) an Israeli, usually of Mizrahi or Sephardic descent. Generally used by Russian Israelis and implies a lack of education and/or manners.

J

Jabonee

(Italian-American) ; formerly used for someone of Japanese descent

JACA

(Western U.S.) ; Just Another California Asshole; used by native-born Nevadans to describe Californians who move to Nevada to escape high taxes and crime.

Jackeen

(Ireland) A derogatory term in rural Ireland for a person from Dublin, possibly because of Dublin's Unionist community at the start of the 1900s (derived from Union Jack).

Jack Mormon

(Western U.S.) an LDS-born person who has become inactive or does not abide by doctrinal principles of the Church

Jafa

(NZ) Just Another Fucking Aucklander. A resident of Auckland New Zealand, as referred to by other New Zealanders.

Jaffa

(Irish Catholic) Irish Protestant, a pun on Jaffa oranges and the Orange Order

Jahūd (جهود)

(Iran) Jewish person, disrespectful but not necessarily a slur. Not an equivalent to "yid".

Jamairican

(Jamaica) Jamaican immigrants.

Jam Eater

(UK) A resident of Whitehaven.

Jalapeno

(Hawaii) Japanese-Filipino (not necessarily offensive)

Jap/Jappo

(U.S./UK Commonwealth) someone of Japanese descent

JAP

(U.S.) Jewish women (Jewish American Princess) /Aust., spoilt Jewish adolescents (Jewish American Prince or Princess)

Japse

(German) Japanese person

Jatt-Sikh

(India & UK) a lower class Sikh (literally "farmer Sikh") - usage decried by devout Sikhs because Sikhism officially rejects notions of caste or class

Jek

(Thailand) Pejorative term for ethnic Chinese, akin to English "chink".

Jerry

(UK Commonwealth, especailly during WWII) a German national

Jersey Devil

(U.S.) a resident of New Jersey (also folklore from New Jersey)

Jew

(as verb, spelled in lower-case) to bargain aggressively or unfairly, to attempt to manipulate or deceive someone in a business deal. Extremely pejorative, although not all users (such as Michael Jackson) realize it.

Jewbacca

(U.S.) a hairy Jew. Refers to Chewbacca from Star Wars.

Jewbie

(UK, Southern & Southwest U.S.) someone who wants to be Jewish, acts Jewish or is Jewish.

Jew Boy

(UK, Southern & Southwest U.S.) contemptuous term for Jewish males

Jewford

(Southern U.S. & Texas) a Jewish southerner, contraction of Jew & Buford

Jewgaboo

(U.S.) a person of both Jewish and Black heritage (Lenny Kravitz, for example)

Jewgene

(U.S. Northeast, esp. New York) pronounced like Eugene - a Jewish person that acts Italian

Jew Yorker

(U.S.) a Jew, especially from New York City, which has a large Jewish population. (also, NYC is sometimes called Jew York City)

Jewop

(U.S.) Jewish Italian

Jiff

(Ireland) a term for a person from Dublin's Northside, thought to derive from the phrase "Jaysus It's F**king Freezing!"

Jigaboo', jig, jiggy, jigga

(U.S. & UK) a black person (JB) with stereotypical black features (dark skin, wide nose, etc.)

Jigger

(U.S.) a Jewish person who displays stereotypical Jewish behavior (i.e. cheapness) with stereotypical Black behavior (i.e. laziness)

Jock

(England, Ireland, Wales and Commonwealth) a Scottish person.

Jockbrit

(Scotland) excessively "British" Scot

Joganosh

(North American First Nations) A Caucasian, or any non-native person

John Chinaman

(UK & AUS) 19th century, Chinese

Johnnie

(Britain) any foreign person; often meant affectionately (as in Johnnie Gurkha or Johnnie Foreigner)

Jok-bali

(Korea) a Japanese person - strongly offensive

Jook-sing(竹升)

(Cantonese) a Westernized young Chinese

Juan Valdez: (North America) term for a native of Colombia; based on a stereotypical character from a coffee commercial on TV

Judeophile

(U.S.) a non-Jewish person with an obsession or partiality for all things Jewish; often used to describe Western supporters of the state of Israel

Jugo

(Germany) a person from the former Yugoslavia

Jundie

(UK) an Iraqi soldier (used by British soldiers, especially during first Gulf War in 1991)

Jungle Bunny

(U.S. & UK) a black person, see "rabbit"

Jungle Fever

(North America) a non-black that prefers sex with Blacks

Jyske

(Denmark) term of derision for rural Danes from Jylland (Jutland in English)

K

Kabt

(UK) a black person or a person from Pakistan,

Kaffer

(Germany & Holland) a black person. See Kaffir.

Kaffir

(South Africa) a black person. Very offensive. Origin is disputed. Possibly from the Arab word meaning 'non-Muslim', perhaps originating in the East African Slave Trade which was largely run by Arabians and migrating to South Africa. Usage: 'Kaffir Boy', a famous autobiographical book by Mark Mathabane about his childhood in South Africa. (The South African Consul General in Lethal Weapon 2 calls Mel Gibson 'kaffir lover'.)

Kaka Siah

(Iran) literally:"black brother". Affectionately mocking, but not necessarily a slur. Not the same as Nigger.

Kakerlake

(Germany) historically used as a term for a Frenchman, current usage has widened to include Arabs, Turks and other Muslims. Literally means cockroach.

Kaki (South Africa)

a British person. From "khaki", the colour of the uniforms worn by British soldiers in the Boer War and "Kak" the Afrikaans word for shit.

Kalla / kaalu / kalia

(Indians & Pakistanis) a black person - derived from the Hindi word 'kaala' meaning black

Kani

(Iceland) an American, particularly a member of the American military; contraction of the Icelandic word "Amerikani"

Kano

(Philippines) an American, contraction of the Tagalog word "Amerikano"

Kappa Kappa Kappa

(U.S.) racist frat boys, also a code name for the Ku Klux Klan.

Kartoffeln

(North Italy) refers to German people (based on the German word for potato)

(Germany) refers to Polish people (based on the German word for potato)

Kash Root

(Northeast U.S.) a Jew obsessed with money - a pun involving money ("cash") and Jewish dietary laws (Kashrut)

Katsap

(Ukraine, 'Кацап') insulting term for a Russian. Means 'goat', derived from the beards Russians have been wearing in the past.

Katsivelos (Κατσίβελος)

(Greece) a Gypsy. Not always derogatory, sometimes used to properly refer to a specific Gypsy clan rather than all Gypsies in general.

Katzenfresser

(Germany) term for Italians (means "cat eater"); rare

Kebab

(U.K. and Europe) a Turkish person. Derived from traditional Turkish food.

Keling

(Malaysia and Singapore) an Indian person. Very offensive.

Khachik

(хачик: former Soviet Union) a person from Caucasus, from Armenian name Khachik

Khokhol

(хохол: former Soviet Union) an Ukrainian person. Derived from traditional Ukrainian haircut.

Kibol

(Poland) troublesome soccer fan, derogatory; comes from the neutral word kibic (sports fan)

Kike

(U.S.) a Jew. Said by some to have originally used by Western European Jewish immigrants to denigrate Eastern European Jews (whose names often ended in "ki"), and later by many mainstream (mostly non-Jewish) Americans. Began as a form of Jewish differentiation before being universalized as a slur. Hypothesized to derive from a Template:Ll or Yiddish term for "circle" (Kikel), a mark often written by Jews on documents for those unable to write their names, parallel to the "x" mark used in Western culture, but seen by some Jews as a Christian cross. Some have suggested the term derives from the Template:Ll word caeca ("blind"), coming from Pope Clement VIII's declamation of the "blind obstinacy" of the Jews.

Kimchi

(North America) unflattering term for a Korean, from the spicy pickled Korean cabbage, known for its strong odor.

Klan Bait

(U.S.) refers to a militant black person.

Knacker

(Ireland) reference to members of the travelling community in Ireland; the word "knacker" refers to someone who buys discarded structures and dismantles them to sell the materials. Also refers to Dublins working classes who are similar to skangers.

Knife-nose

(U.S.) a Jew, from the stereotype of Jewish facial features.

Kojengi

(Korea) In Korea, white people are often called Kojengi. 'Ko' means 'nose' and 'jengi' means 'person'. So, roughly translated, 'Kojangi' means 'person with big nose'. It is considered an insult and quite derogatory, but Koreans use the term quite loosely.

Kolean

(U.S.) See Spiek.

Kool Smoker/Newport Smoker

(U.S.) black men (Kool and Newport are menthol cigarettes marketed toward the African-American community, which have high levels of "tar" and nicotine)

Kosher Ghost

(Northeast U.S.) a Hassidic or Orthodox Jew - based on the belief that highly observant Jews have sexual intercourse through a hole in a sheet

Kosher Klansman

(Northeast U.S.) a Hassidic or Orthodox Jew - see "Kosher Ghost"

Kounty Kountry Klub

(U.S.) a code name for the Ku Klux Klan (other versions are also used)

Kraut

(North America & British Commonwealth) a German

Kuroiyatsu

(Japan) A black person. It is comprised of the words "kuroi", meaning black, and "yatsu", which is an informal and often insulting way of saying "guy". Pronounced "koo-ROY yachts (as in the boat)".

Kyoppo

(Korea) a Korean-American or Korean-Canadian. Not always used disparagingly.

L

Labus (лабус)

(Latvia) a derogatory term for Latvians. Primarily used by russians who live in Latvia.

Ladies From Hell, Mad

(Germany) a term for Scottish Soldiers - specifically the Black Watch/Royal Highland Regiment (last fought the Germans wearing Kilts in WWI), later adopted by the Black Watch as a badge of pride

Lamerikanets (ламериканец)

(Russia) a person from USA. This word can be translated as Lamerican and is a hybrid of lamer (ламер) and amerikanets (американец - "American"). The word lamer is popular in Russia in computer context, so lamerikanets can be found in Russian Internet and Fidonet.

Langer

(Ireland) a person from County Cork, Ireland, and sometimes more widely used to describe people from the province of Munster; derives from the langur, a type of monkey encountered by the Munster Fusiliers during their British Army service in India in the late nineteenth century.

Lao Wai

(Mandarin-speaking China and Taiwan) "Foreigner," a term of respect but can be used mockingly, especially towards white tourists or expatriates.

Lapp

(Sweden) a Sami. Derogatory Swedish for "patch"; the Samis wearing clothes which in the eyes of the Swedish colonist looked like patchwork. In Sweden normally used without derogatory intent but often taken as derogatory. Used widely throughout the world without understanding of its alleged derogatory nature.

Latke or Latka

(U.S.) an eastern European immigrant - from the television program "Taxi" (also a potato pancake)

Lawn jockey

(U.S.) a black person - based on the antiquated practice of using hitching posts that resembled black jockeys

Leb/Lebo

(AUS) Lebanese. Considered highly offensive to the point of being a 'fighting word'.

Leech

(International) see "Bloodsucker", often used to describe Jewish businessmen (more recently by Michael Jackson)

Leek Eater

(UK Commonwealth) a Welsh person - leeks are national symbols of Wales

Left footer

(Northern Ireland) (West of Scotland) Catholic (Northern Ireland) Used by Protestants to describe Catholics or a supporter of Celtic FC. From the myth in Glasgow that Irish Catholic labourers pushed spades into the ground their left foot and kicked footballs with the left foot.

Lekgoa

(Botswana) Derogatory term for person not of black African origin, especially a white person.

Leprechaun

(U.S., Britain) Irish

Leroy

(U.S., U.K.) A black man, used as a generalisation (representing an apocryphal belief that Leroy (aka Le Roy) is a popular name in the black community)

Levee Rat

(U.S.) degrading term projected to Cajun People and people of the swamp

Lewinsky

(U.S.) promiscuous Jewish woman - usually overweight and/or unattractive (also a term for fellatio)

Light-Skinned

(U.S. blacks) term of ridicule for African Americans with lighter skin

Limey

(International) an Englishman; English sailors were rationed with lime juice to prevent scurvy

Little brown fucking machine (usually abbreviated to LBFM)

(English Language Internet) a Filipina, Thai, or Singaporean prostitute

Litvok

(U.S.) a derogatory term for Lithuanians; also a Yiddish term for Jews of Lithuanian origin (and often spelled "Litvak"), without derogatory implications.

Lo Faan

(China and Chinese-Americans) refers to any non-Chinese (usually white); literally means barbarian (See also "Lao Wei")

Long Nose

(China) a person of European descent See Da Bi Zi

Loogan or Lugan

(U.S.) a person of Lithuanian descent

Lubra

(AUS) Aboriginal woman, similar to "Squa"

Lumbee

(North & South Carolina) disparaging term for persons of mixed Native American, Black & European ancestry, the term Lumbee derived from town "Lumberton" in south-central North Carolina, home to a community of mixed Native American, Black, and White ancestry who claim to be a Native American Tribe, although not recognized as such by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Luo bo tou

(Chinese) a Japanese person - literally means "carrot head", derived from the fact that the Japanese like to have pickled carrots as sidedishes in a meal.

Lysol

(CAN) an Aboriginal Canadian. Named due to Aboriginals' perceived chemical dependence about household cleaners.

M

Macaque

(Belgium & France) a Negro (originally) or a person of North-African origin (more recently); derived from macaque monkeys

Macaronados (Μακαρονάδος)

(Greece) an Italian (means "macaroni eater"). Used by Greek soldiers during the 1940 Greco-Italian War. Nowadays rarely considered derogatory.

Macaroni nigger

(UK) an Italian; derived from macaroni pastas

Macaquito

(Argentina) a Brazilian; derived from the Portuguese word macaco (monkey)

Mackerel snapper

(Protestant North American) a Roman Catholic (reference to fish on Fridays)

Maco, Maconie

(U.S/Australia) a Macedonian person (can also be spelled "Mako". Pron. "maso" in Aus.)

Macogong

(Australia) a Macedonian immigrant living in Wollongong (an area in Australia with a high number of Macedonian Slavs) (comes from "Macedonia" + "Gong"; shortened form of Wollongong)

Madinga

(Trinidad and Tobago) a term for Indo-Trinidadians of the Muslim faith; derived from Mandinka, after a small group Muslim Mandingos who settled in Trinidad in the 19 century.

Madrasi

(India) any South Indian person, also used in Trinidad and Tobago for any dark-skinned Indo-Trinidadian.

Mafioso

(North Italy) used against people that live in the three South Italy Regions where there are Mafias: Sicily, Calabria and Campania.

Makak

(Belgium & the Netherlands) a Moroccan; derived from macaque

Maketo

(Basque Country) a Spaniard

Makhla

(East Indians & Pakistanis in U.S.) a person of Mexican origin

Malakas (Μαλάκας)

(global, mainly Europe and USA) A person of Greek origin, when used by non-Greeks vs. Greeks. It is not necessarily derogatory. Although 'malakas' literally means "one who masturbates" in Greek, the word is very commonly used in a daily, semi-joking basis among friends and peers, to the point of becoming associated with Greek communities and Greeks worldwide, apart from being the most common Modern Greek word worldwide.

Mallate

(Mexico) a black person. Named after a small annoying insect. A gay person.

Mall honky

(U.S. Blacks) an indiscriminate white consumer.

Malteeser

(UK) someone from Malta. Based on the German word for Maltese. Also a small chocolate covered spherical candy.

Mama/ Mamak

(Singapore/Malaysia)Meaning Uncle in the tamil language; used to describe the owners of traditional small (roadside) stalls selling dry goods, sundry, magazines, and newspapers. Nowadays, the usage connotes a derogatory meaning to the ethnic Indians.

Mamasan

(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) term for an Asian woman over approximately 35 years of age; term is considered offensive because it is also used as a term for the madam of a brothel

Mameluco

(Brazil) a pejorative term of Portuguese origin describing a person of mixed Caucasian and Amerindian ancestry. Derived from the Arab word Mamluk.

Mameluke

(Italy and Italian Americans) : a pejorative term for Blacks and Arabs. Derived from the Arab word Mamluk.

Mammy or Mammy Woman

(U.S.) an unflattering term for a mature black woman - usually subservient (term popularized by Al Jolson in song and film), a pop culture example is Hattie McDaniel's character in Gone with the Wind for which she won the Academy Award

Mandingo

(U.S.) Antebellum term for a large strong black slave, presumed etymology is the ancient Mandingo tribe of Africa

Mangal

(Balkans) a Roma person

Mangia Cake

(Canadians of Italian descent) a person of northern European descent

Manne

(Finland) a derogatory word for the Roma people, also used as a verb, "Mannettaa", to steal.

Mara

(Mexico & El Salvador) originally a Salvadorian term used to describe a street gang, in Mexico it is used to describe any person from central America associated with street gangs

Maria

(Mexico) a native American woman

Mario

(U.S.) Italian person. (also "Luigi" is used) From a famous Nintendo game.

Marocchino

(Italy) it can refer to all North African people, and even to any other non european immigrant

Marrano

(Spain) a Jewish convert to Christianity, usually for social and not spiritual reasons; derives from the Inquisition; today, can be used to describe a Jew who marries a Catholic. Can also be called a Converso. (It is also a Latin American Spanish slang synonym for "pig.")

Mashed Potatoes

(Gay Asian Americans) a white person who is exclusively attracted to whites (an emerging term by association with Sticky Rice) (or cached at )

Masshole

(New England U.S.) a person from Massachusetts, particularly when driving. (From Massachusetts & Asshole).

Master Race

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a mocking term for a German or the German people (from Hitler's term for the "Aryan Race")

Matchstick

(European Antisemites) a contemptuous term for Jews - based on the starvation, genocide, and cremation of Jews in Nazi death camps

Mat / Mutt : (Malaysia & Singapore) derogatory term for people of Malay ethnicity. (Only when used by non-South-east-asian-Malayans)

Mat Salleh

(Malaysia & Singapore) a white person; believed to be derived from mad sailor. However, Mat is common Malay slang for 'fella' and 'saleh' is Malay for albino. Similarly Indonesians call Caucasians 'orang bule' (albino man).

Matzo Baller

(U.S.) a non-Jewish person who prefers Jews as sexual partners. (compare with jungle fever, yellow fever)

Mau-Mau

(U.S./UK) a black activist or black person.

M.A.W.P

(U.S. Blacks) Murder All White People, Used to indicate their hatred of white people.

Mayate

(U.S. Hispanics) a derogatory Spanish word for African Americans

Meatball

(U.S.) a sometimes derogatory term for someone of Italian descent

Med-Wop

(U.S.) any Mediterranean Person not from Italy(Greece, North Africa, Spain, Portugal and Malta.

Meeskite or Meeshkite

(North America) an unattractive Jewish woman - a Yiddish term (for example, Barbra Streisand refers to herself as a Brooklyn Meeshkite)

Meneer

(Indonesian) Dutch people.

Merkin

(British) An American, derived from an obscure term for artificial pubic hair.

Mexican Cell Phone

(Midwestern U.S.) refers to honking an automobile horn when outside a house to notify the people inside that you are waiting for them.

"Mexicans"

(Sydney AUS) a term used for people arriving from Victoria, which is south of the Murray River (analogous to the Rio Grande). A humorous term not intended to be offensive, but sometimes taken that way. Also a Queensland term referring to those from New South Wales.

Mexican't

(U.S.) an unemployed or low-paid Mexican immigrant, commonly illegal workers

MexiJew

(U.S.) a person of mixed Jewish and Hispanic heritage, or a person of Hispanic ethnicity/national origin and practicing Judaism. Also known as HeebSpanic.

Mississippi Wind Chime

(U.S.) a term used to describe African-Americans. Wind Chimes are hung by a rope and African-Americans were lynched in Mississippi.

Mick, Mickey, Mickey Finn

(Britain, Commonwealth & U.S.) a person of Irish descent, especially an Irish Catholic. From the common Irish abbreviation of the name "Michael". "Mickey Finn" also refers to a popular date rape drug.

Million Dollar Nigger

(Midwestern U.S.) a professional athlete (the term was popularized by the Marge Schott - owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team)

MIT

(U.S. Chinese) Made In Taiwan; refers to immigrants born in the Republic of China. Contrast with ABC.

Minah/Mynah: (Malaysia & Singapore)The female derogatory counter-part of the 'Mat'.Known for obsessive sexual attractions to just about any male.

Minesh

(U.S.) A homosexual of middle eastern descent

Miney

(Passaic County, New Jersey) A term for Ramapough Indians, since Ramapoughs worked in the iron mines of Ringwood, NJ. It has replaced the more perjorive Jackson Whites.

Minnesootan

(Midwestern USA) A term used for those from Minnesota, a reference to the Minnesotan accent, where vowels are usually elongated.

Mingita

(U.K.) Lesbian Indian/Muslim young woman, used offensively. From "minge" (female pubic hair or genitals) + "eater".

Mink

(U.S.) Mexican Chinese person (Mexican chINK).

Mixed Nuts

(U.S.) A child of an interracial couple, usually black and white. Referred to in the movie Jungle Fever

Mleccha : (India) a derogatory term for foreigners or people who do not conform to Hindu beliefs/practices (word is originally from Sanskrit meaning "non-aryan" or "barbarian")

Mo' or Moe

(U.S.) a Muslim - contraction of Mohammed (not to be confused with 'Mo - a contraction of Homo/Homosexual)

Mof

(Netherlands) a German

Mohammedan

(UK Commonwealth) a Muslim. Considered impolite and offensive because it would seem to imply that Muslims worship Mohammed.

Mohawk

This is a derogatory word for the Kaniengehagas or Kanienkehaka Native Americans that means "cannibal" in Algonquian. It has been adopted by Western settlers as the actual name for that nation.

Moishe

(Argentina) a Jew, often used by Jews themselves, from the Yiddish name for Moses. Can be offensive, but it is generally considered friendly.

Mojado

(Western U.S.) used primarily by Hispanic-Americans. "Mojado" is the Spanish word for wet, and is used equivalent to the term "wetback". Illegal immigrants sometimes had to swim across the rio grande to enter the U.S.

Mojo

(South Texas) Tex-Mex version of "Mojado", used by primarily English-speaking Hispanics. Same meaning as "Mojado" but further distanced from Hispanic roots.

Molly Mormon

(Western U.S.) an unflattering term for the stereotypically bubbly and submissive LDS homemaker housewife in pioneer-stock LDS culture in the western U.S.

Mollywog or Molly Wog

(UK & CAN) a dark skinned or negro female (also "Molly Wog")

Monday

(New Jersey) slang for a negro or person of African origin, in reference to most people not liking the first day of the working week, which is Monday.

Money Lender

(Europe & the Americas) a disparaging term for Jews

Mongrel

a person of mixed race

Mongoloid

(North America & UK) An obsolete degrading term for asians, even if they are of north Asian origin. The term became unacceptable after Down's Syndrome patients (a particularly severe form of mental retardation and physical disability) were labeled as "mongoloid" because of their resemblance to Mongols.

Monkey

(U.S.) a black person

Mono

(Peru) derogatory word for people from Ecuador

Mookie or Mook

(U.S.) a fool of African descent, used in Spike Lee's film "Do the Right Thing" (1989), previously used to refer to Italians in the Martin Scorsese film "Mean Streets" (1973), unofficially attributed to many gangster movies of the 1930's referring to Italians and Irishmen (because it is the Irish word for 'pig'). Official definition is "An insignificant or contemptible person."

Moolie

(U.S.) a black person; used primarily by Italian-Americans. "Moolie" is short for mulignane, which means eggplant in the Neapolitan dialect.

Moon Cricket

(U.S.-Maryland) a black person

Moor

(International) Outdated term for a Muslim, especially one from North Africa

Moose

(Japan & U.S. Military) derogatory term for Korean women - combination servant/sex object - from Japanese for "servant girl"

Moro, moraco

(Spain) a Moor, but see Moro.

Moskal

(Ukraine) Rude manner of refering to a person of Russian origins. Derived from the Ukrainian word for Muscovite.In Poland it has a neutral meaning, and can be used in various contexts including friendly one.

Motisa

(U.S. South) a black waiter or busboy - derived from "mo tea suh?"

Mrs. Simpson

(Egypt, 1930s & 40s), an English woman (after the Duchess of Windsor). Intended to be highly insulting when shouted at English women in the street.

Muck Savage

(Ireland) Similar to the term culchie, denotes that person is from rural Ireland

Mudbone

(U.S.) an elderly black man (from Richard Pryor's character of the same name)

Mud Person

(U.S. white supremacists) a non-white person (usually seen in the plural form as mud people)

Mud Shark

(U.S.) White woman who seeks intimate relationships with black men.

Mugabe

(UK) A black person who discriminates against other races, particularly Indians. Refers to Robert Mugabe's use of mud people.

Mulatto

(International) a half black/half white person - based on the Portuguese word for "Mule" (the term Tragic Mulatto was frequently used in literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries)

Mulignane

(Italy, U.S.) meaning eggplant, a black person. "Moolie" for short.

Mule

(U.S.) a mixed race person - esp. black/white - after the hybrid of a horse & donkey

Mullet Head

(U.S., Canada, and UK) meaning, usually in a derogatory manner, people who are stereotyped for wearing the hair style of the same name. It is often said on working-class men, hockey players, and heavy-metal fans (in North America), as well as alleged thugs and East European footballers (UK). The hair is commonly described as "business (short) on the front, party (long) in the back".

Munt

(South Africa) a black person from muntu, the singular of Bantu

Muschelschubser

(Germany) "seashell pusher", a Northerner; similar to "Fischkopf"

Muselmann

(Germany) a Middle-Easterner. Largely obsolete. Also used by SS to describe Jews in concentration camps that had become fatalist and apathetic.

Mutt

(North America) a multiracial person

Muzzo

(Australia) a Muslim.

N

Naco

(Mexico) a poor Mexican person or family that dresses strange and works in low-wage jobs and have less etiquette

Nam'er

(North America) a person of Vietnamese descent

Nanman

(China) "southern barbarian". Used historically to refer to ethnic groups south of China, or by regimes in North China to refer to South Chinese. Use isn't really common nowadays.

Nappy or Nap-head

(U.S.) insulting term for blacks (refers to kinky hair)

Narrowback

(U.S.) a first generation Irish-American.

Nasian

(U.S.) A mixed person of Oriental and African origin. Use of the words asian and nigger.

Natasha

(India) an Uzbek prostitute working illegally in Mumbai. Turkey, Russian prostitute.

(North America) a Russian woman (from Boris & Natasha of the Bullwinkle cartoon).

Natives

(North America & UK) unruly blacks - as in "the natives are restless tonight" refers to tribal Africans. (however Africans are not native to the UK or North America)

Navajo

(North America) name given to the Diné Indians by their enemies, the Tewa Pueblo Native Americans. It may mean "thieves" or "takers from the fields." It was adopted by Western settlers as the actual name of the Diné, and despite its dubious origin, many Diné today accept being called Navajo rather than insisting on Diné.

Nazi

(North America, Europe, etc.) a German person or extremely strict authoritarian.

Ned

(Scotland) a chav, in Scotland. Lower class teenager who loves bling and wears mainly tracksuits.

Neger

(German speaking countries) German equivalent of "negro", considered offensive because of its use during the era of Imperialism.

Negress

(U.S.) A female black person.

Negrito

(AUS) A person of Aboriginal descent

Negro

(North America) a black person - this once neutral term is now often considered offensive by people of African descent. The color black in spanish.

Neguinho

(Brazilian) a black person - still largely used, simillar to "nigger" in English. Literal meaning roughly 'blacky'.

Newfie & Newf

(CAN) a person from Newfoundland, can be used as a term of pride

New York Liberal

(U.S.) A Jew, based on their high concentration in New York City and historic support for liberalism and the Democratic Party. Moderately offensive. (see also Jew Yorker)

Nez Percé

(North America) this phrase, which means "pierced noses" in French, is the name given to the Nimipu Native North Americans by Western settlers.

NFN

(UK) Normal for Norfolk, implying learning difficulties due to inbreeding in isolated fen communities.

Nickel nose

(U.S.) a Jew

Nigloo

(U.S.) the home or den of a black family

Nig

(UK) a black person (short for nigger)

Nigger

(U.S., UK) a black person. Can also generally be used towards anyone with brown or darker skin. From the word negro which means the color black in numerous languages. The terms "Nigga" and "Niggaz" (plural) are frequently used by African-Americans without the negative associations of "Nigger." Use of the word is often perceived as extremely offensive if used by a white person in any context

Nigger Happy

(U.S.) People that are colour blind toward blacks, having black friends, loving black culture. Obsessed with blacks.

Nigger Heaven

(U.S.) a term for a theater balcony. During Jim Crow years, the balconies were reserved for African Americans, while the white audience sat below. One pejorative term for the balcony, therefore, was "nigger heaven."

Nigger Knock

(Midwestern U.S.) using a car horn instead of a doorbell, see 'Mexican Cell Phone'

Nigger lover

(U.S.) a term for whites who work toward the interests of blacks, and/or have intimate relationships with blacks

Nigger Lip

(U.S.) term refers to a person of any race getting a marijuana cigarette (joint) wet, and ruining it for the other smokers. This is considered a derogatory term by African-American people.

Nigger rich

(U.S.) A person of any race that spends money on flashy clothes and/or cars, but not on necessities.

Nigger-rigged

(North America) : a term for something that is built or repaired in a shoddy unprofessional manner. The term is based on the old term "Jerry rigged" to refer to expedient work by the Germans in WWII. "Afro-Engineered" or "Colored Engineering" is sometimes used as an euphemism to avoid the highly pejorative term "nigger".

Nigger Stool/Nigger Shit

(U.S.) refers to a black infant, usually a newborn.

Niggress

(U.S.)A derogatory term for black female.

Night fighter

(U.S.) a black person

Niglet

(U.S.) Combination of Nigger and Piglet which refers to a small black child.

Nig-nog

(UK) a black person (adapted from niknok, see below)

Niknok

(Netherlands) a Dutch word equivalent to nigger

Nine-iron

(U.S.) an Asian person (reputedly from the angle made by the eyes having the same as that of a 9-iron in a golf bag)

Ninja

(U.S.) a Muslim woman (like a Ninja because clad in black with only eyes showing).

Ninny

(U.S.) a black person (short for pickaninny)

Nip

(U.S.) someone of Japanese descent (from Nippon, an Anglicization of the Japanese name for Japan)

Nitch or Nish

(CAN) an Aboriginal Canadian (from Anishinabe, the Ojibwa word for "Ojibwa")

Nordstrom Rack

(U.S. midwestern blacks) White women with breast implants (fake breasts). The required surgery is fairly expensive; therefore, most women who undergo it are at least middle-class, and often upper-middle-class or wealthy. Nordstrom is an upscale chain of department stores often frequented by well-off women. In addition, "Nordstrom Rack" is the name of the discount store chain run by Nordstrom.

North Briton

(UK/Scotland) A Scottish person who identifies themselves as Unionist.

North Dallas 40

(Texas blacks) White women with breast implants (fake breasts). This also refers to the perceived upscale status of women who choose to undergo breast enlargement surgery. North Dallas is historically the wealthiest area of that city. "40" (inches; about 102 cm) is an unusually large breast measurement for a normally-built woman. Also the title of a football movie.

O

Oaxaquilla

(Pronounced oajakija) (Mexico) originally a term describing someone from the Mexican state of Oaxaca has become a term describing any person of native descent who is dark complected and speaks a native language

Occupation Forces

(Ireland) contemptuous term for the British army

Ocker

(AUS & NZ) Uncultivated Australian

Octoroon

(19th century U.S. & Europe) a person of 1/8 (12.5%) black ancestry (also octoon)

Ofay

(African Americans in Eastern U.S. (through early 1970s)) a white person (pig Latin for 'foe' or enemy)

Ojibwe

(North America) This name, sometimes given as the anglicized corruption Chippewa, is used to refer to the Anishinabe Native North Americans. In Minnesota some Ojibwes now ask others to refer to them as Annishinabes.

Okie

(1930s California) an uprooted or evicted farmer fleeing to California to find a better life. It was a derisive term, immortalized in the historical fiction novel The Grapes of Wrath.

(North America) (contemporary) short for "Oklahoman". Many Oklahomans use this to refer to each other.

Ölauge

(Germany) any Arab, North African, Middle Easterner, South Asian etc. Literally 'oil(y)-eyes'.

One of the Good Ones

(U.S.) term for members of a race/ethnicity that the speaker doesn't find objectionable. This term suggests that the majority of the race/ethnicity are not "good ones".

Opie Cunningham or Opie

(U.S. blacks) a white person (coined by Eddie Murphy to describe Ron Howard in reference to the characters he played on The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days)

The Oppressor

(U.S. blacks) the white man

Orangie/s

(Ireland/UK) a derogatory term for pro-British Ulster Protestants.

Orangutan

(Indonesia & Malaysia) slang term for a Caucasian, term based on the name of the Orangutan species from the words "orang" (man) and "hutan" (forest). The slang term is based on the presumption that Caucasians, especially redheads, resemble Orangutans.

Oreo or Oreo Cookie

(U.S.) someone of black and white descent (or a black person who "acts white"; black on the outside & white on the inside; see Carlton)

Oriental

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) an Asian person, considered offensive by Asians because they claim that objects (rugs, art, etc) are Oriental and people are Asian, although in the UK Asian is only ever used to refer to people originating in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Osama

(U.S.) any Arab, turban-wearer, Muslim, Middle Easterner or person of complexion similar to Middle Easterners, Afghans or Pakistanis. An extremely derogatory slur. It is however an Arab name.

OTB

(U.S.) Short for "Off The Boat." Refers to immigrants who do not have a strong grasp of the English language or customary American behavior.

Outsider

(Alaska) a person from the lower 48.

Oven dodger

(AUS) a Jewish person

P

Paddy or Patty

(UK & U.S.) an Irish person (from the popular Irish diminutive of "Patrick"). In 19th-century America, police wagons were called "Paddy Wagons"; it's unclear if this was because most of the police, or most of the arrestees were Irish or "paddies". See also Plastic Paddy.

(Mexican-Americans) – particularly in Southern California – to denote any white "Anglo", regardless of specific ethnic ancestry.

Paisa

(Western U.S.) used by Mexican-Americans to refer to Mexican immigrants.

Paisano or Paitoco

(extreme northern Chile) a derogatory word for the aymara or quechua people and her descendants

Pakeha

(Maori) a New Zealander of European descent (not necessarily widely-regarded as offensive)

Paki

(U.S., UK & Commonwealth) a Pakistani or other South Asian (regarded as offensive when spoken by non-Pakistanis)

Paleface

(U.S.) a caucasian.

Pambazo

(Mexico) someone too white to get a tan.

Panface / Pancake Face

(North America) an Asian.

Palongi

(Tonga) a White person (short for Papalongi).

Panggalatok

(Philippines) Considered derogatory or pejorative word offensive to Pangasinenses.

Papago

Name given to the Tohono O'otam or Tohono O'odham Indians by their enemies, the Pima Indians. It means "bean eaters." The Tohono O'otam are making a concerted effort to be known as such, and not by the name "Papagos."

Papak

(Bosnia and Herzegovina) a person from a rural area who dresses, acts and speaks in an uncouth and rural manner. It is also used on a limited scale in reference to Serbs, many of of whom come from rural areas. It is not widely used outside the city of Sarajevo.

Papasan: (U.S. & UK Commonwealth) term for an Asian man over approximately 40 years of age; term is considered offensive because it is also used as a term for a pimp or master of a brothel

Pape

(Protestants) same as "Papist" but rather more offensive.

Papist

(Ulster and Scottish Protestants) a Roman Catholic person - usually Irish Catholic

Paragua

(Argentina) a person from Paraguay. (Paraguas means umbrella)

Paraíba

(Brazil) a person from the Northeastern region of Brazil. (Obs: Paraíba is the name of a Northeastern Brazilian state)

Pariah

(Malaysia and Singapore) a Hindu person (Pariah is the lowest caste in Indian culture)

Parigot

(France) a pejorative term for residents of Paris, used by non-Parisians ( pronounced /paʀigo/)

Parisite

(North America) a native or resident of Paris, note the similarity to parasite

Pastrami eater

(U.S. antiquated) a Jew, pastrami being a cured beef popularized by Jewish delis.

Pasty White

(U.S., UK & Canada) a caucasian person whose complexion is very white, very offensive.

Patel

(U.S.) a South Asian, especially an Indian, and particularly one who owns or manages a hotel or motel (Patel is a very common surname in the Indian state of Gujarat, located in the west-central part of the country, many immigrants from which own and operate lodging establishments in the U.S., especially small, independently-owned ones)

Payo

(Spain) a non-Gypsy

Pea soup

(CAN) a Quebecer (or "French-Canadian"). From French Pea Soup

Peckerwood

(U.S.) a white person southerner, The term "Peckerwood", an inversion of "Woodpecker", is used as a pejorative term. This word was coined in the 19th century by southern blacks to describe poor whites. They considered them loud and troublesome like the bird, and often with red hair like the woodpecker's head plumes.

Pedigreed

(U.S.) racially & ethnically pure WASP

Pedro

(UK) a Spaniard / (U.S.) a Mexican

Pepé Le Pew

(U.S.) a Frenchman - based on the reputation of poor hygiene and the famous French skunk

Pepsi or pepper

(Anglophone Canadian) a Quebecer (or "French-Canadian") (from popularity of Pepsi-Cola in Quebec, where this soft drink outsells Coca-Cola — possibly the only place in the world where this is true). As used in Quebec, it means that the intended recipient is, like a pepsi bottle, "empty from the neck up." It also refers to black people in America. Many years ago, Pepsi was cheaper than Coca-Cola. So, the lower income black people drank Pepsi because it was more affordable. Hence, the term 'Pepsi' used for black people.

Perker

(Denmark) anyone of Arabic descent and often also anyone of Muslim descent regardless of origin (considered as very offensive, but slowly becoming more acceptable in certain circles especially amongst Arab youth)

Perp

(U.S.) a black person - short for perpetrator (criminal suspect).

Petrol-sniffer

(AUS) Australian Aboriginal, in reference to the high rate of abuse of inhaling petroleum (gasoline) fumes in indigenous communities.

Pickaninny, pickaninnie

(UK & U.S.) black child - in South African picannin is used.

Pilgrim

(U.S. East Coast Blacks (currently in use)) a white person

Pied Noir

(France) A European colonist in Algeria, who had to return to France in 1962, or simply a dark-featured Frenchman. Literally Black Foot due to the fact that they wore black leather shoes.

Pikey

(Britain) gypsy, but may also describe lower class

Pima

Name given to the Akimel O'odham or Ahkeemult O'odham Native Americans. It means "I don't know" in their language, which was apparently their reply when asked their name in Spanish by an early explorer. Despite its origin, many members of this tribe refer to themselves as such.

Piney

(U.S. (New Jersey)) a poor white person living in the sandy, coastal pine forests known as the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Usually living in substandard housing or trailers in areas often hit by forest fires. An inferior form of white trash.

Ping-Pong

(U.S. & UK) a racial term for a Chinese person (due to their prominence in table tennis or for the nature of their names)

Pi-po-pe

(Mexico) "Pinche Poblano Pendejo" ("Damned Stupid Poblano"), referring to people from the state of Puebla.

Pizza Bagel

(North America) a person of both Italian and Jewish descent

Pizza Man

(North America) an Italian or person of Italian descent - from TV drama Hill Street Blues

Plastic Paddy

(Ireland and England) A person who retains a strong sense of Irish cultural identity despite not having been born in Ireland or being of only partial Irish descent; generally used in referance to Irish-English or Irish-Americans.

playing the white man

(U.S. Blacks) other blacks that conform with the norms of white society - or a black that takes a superior attitude to other blacks.

Pocho

(Southwest U.S., Mexico) term for a person of Mexican heritage who is partially or fully assimilated into American culture (literally, "unripe") (also see "Chicano") :

Pogy

(U.S. Navy) A young Filipino woman. Candy is referred to as "Pogy bait".

Polack or Polock

(U.S., Germany) a person of Polish descent. Ironically, the word for "Pole" in the Polish language is "Polak". In Germany, the first version is used exclusively.

Polaco

(Spain) a Catalan (literally "Pole")

Polar Bear

(U.S. Blacks) a big, fat, white person

Polentone

(Southern Italy) comes from the word Polenta (a typical dish of the north of Italy) and roughly translates to "polenta eater", used for Northern Italians, is the symmetrical term of "terrone" though less strong.

Poli

(wrote Póli) short for "Pólverji" which means a Polish Person in Icelandic, used by Native Icelanders to describe an Icelandic citizen of polish origin, it's considered to be somewhat offensive.

Polly

(Western U.S.) A Polynesian, especially those from Samoa or Tonga.

Pom, Pohm, Pommy

(AUS/NZ/SA) a British (usually English) person. Some claim it derives from "Prisoner of Her Majesty", but it probably derives from "immigrant, jimmygrant, pommygrant". It is often used irreverantly and is not usually considered offensive. Many such migrants to Australia call themselves "ten pound poms", because they paid ten pounds for their passage to Australia in the 1950s. Often combined with an adjective, particularly whingeing pom, a reference to migrants who complained about their adopted country.

Ponch

(U.S.) a hispanic trying to act white - derived from the Eric Estrada character from CHIPS / or simply a slur against a hispanic police officer

Pongo

(UK) a black person. Also used in military circles to refer to a member of the Army

Poor White Trash

(U.S.) lower-class white people. Considered more offensive than white trash.

Pootootie

(THAILAND) a coloured person, usually a small child or newborn baby

Popolo

(Hawaii) a black person

Porch Honky

(U.S.) lazy white person

Porch Monkey

(U.S.) a black person

Pork and Cheese

(U.S.) a heavyset Portuguese person. When spoken fast, it sounds like "Portuguese."

Pork Chop

(North America) a Portuguese person

Porridge Wog

(England) a Scot

Portagee & Portugee

(Eastern U.S. - especially New England) a person of Portuguese origin

Potato

(CAN) a black person who "acts" like a white (brown on the outside, white on the inside).

Potato Chugger

(North America) a Slav (usually Polish or Russian) derived from the practice of distilling potatoes into liquor

Potato Eater

(England & North America) an Irish person or a person of Irish descent

Potato Queen

(North America) a gay Asian who is primarily or exclusively attracted to Whites

Potherb

(England) (particularly the Midlands) a Person from Stoke on Trent

Powerpoint

(AUS) An Asian woman, due to facial features resembling an electrical outlet, known in Australia as a power point. Very offensive.

Prairie Nigger

(CAN) a Native American or Aboriginal Canadian (Indian).

Pretendian or Pretindian

(North America) Used primarily to describe a white American of limited (or nonexistent) Native American ancestory that claims to be racially, and culturally American Indian. A contemporary example is Ward Churchill.

Previously Owned American

(U.S.) American black of slave descent.

Preto

(Brazil and some Spanish speaking countries) A black person; literally means "darkie", but isn't quite that offensive.

Priest Fucker

(South Australia) Insult used by a minority of Urrbrae Agricultural High School students to insult students from religious schools

(North America) a schoolyard taunt against Roman Catholic boys, especially altarboys and choirboys

Prod, Proddy

(Scotland/Ireland/Liverpool) a Protestant

Proddy, Proddy dog

(AUS Catholics (particularly school kids)) term for Protestants, particularly rival kids from Protestant schools.

Puerto Rican Shower

(U.S.) the use of only cologne and a possible change of clothes as a substitute for a traditional water-based shower. meant to imply that puerto ricans view this practice as indistinct from 'actual' showering.

Punjab / Punjabi

(U.S.) - Referring to people of Punjabi descent. Punjab is a province in north India. 'Bhangra' is the song and dance of Punjab.

Pushkar/i

(Republic of Macedonia); Refers to Greek Macedonians claiming that the Republic of Macedonia is Greek.

Pull Start

(U.S.) a Seikh, usually male (from the practice of wearing a turban), term derives from a pull-start lawn mower (see Push Start below)

Push Start

(U.S.) someone of South Asian descent (from the Hindu practice of wearing bindis), term derives from a push-start lawn mower (see Pull Start above)

Puraw

(Filipino) - a white person

PWT

(U.S.) lower-class white people. Considered quite offensive. Short for poor white trash.

Q

Quahog

(U.S.) Literally a hard shelled clam (pronounced co-hog). As an ethnic slur, it means a very stupid New Englander, especially a Rhode Islander. As a sexual slur, this term for clam is similar in meaning to "cunt."

Quaker

(U.S.) Usually a harsh term for people residing in the Mid-west and Eastern United States as farmers. The word is a nickname of the Religious Society of Friends, which was founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650.

Quadroon

(19th-century Europe & U.S.) a person of 1/4 Black ancestry. Now obsolete.

Queue Jumper

(AUS) illegal migrant. The term is used as they are perceived to be "jumping the queue" ahead of legitimate migrants, who often wait years before being allowed entrance into Australia. Sometimes applied to persons seeking asylum.

Quickie Mart

(U.S.) a convenience store operated by a person from Southwest Asia or India (from The Simpsons - see Apu, also see "Sand Nigger" and "Diaper Head")

Quintroon

(19th-century Europe & U.S.) a person of 1/16 Black ancestry. Now obsolete.

R

'Rab

(UK) an Arab

Rabbit

(U.S.) a black person, said to have rabbit blood because of perception of high reproductive rates (see Jungle Bunny)

Race mixer

a term used by racists (of any race) for people who support integration, or have intimate relationships with members of other "races".

Race Traitor

a term used by racists (of any race) for those who are of their own "race", but who don't share their views, or who work against their interests, or who have intimate relationships with members of other "races". Also a self-referential term for persons who seek to abolish the white race and "whiteness."

Raghead

(U.S.) someone of Middle Eastern descent
(UK) a Sikh, or any South Asian

Raisinette

(U.S.) a child born of a black-white, mixed race relationship. Also a small black Child.

Raisin Head

(International) a black person, or person of subsaharan African origin/descent - Originated when the Islamic prophet Muhammad made the comparison that one should honor their leader even if they seemed as ridiculous as "an Ethiopian slave whose head looks like a raisin."

Rasta

(International) a native Caribbean black person; more accurately, a Rastafarian

Rastus

(North America) a black man, based on the antebellum custom of naming slaves after historical figures - in this case Erastus

Raton

(France) a North African Muslim (from the French augmentative for "rat"). Extremely offensive

Ravo

(AUS; Launceston, Tasmania) a bogan from the suburb of Ravenswood.

Reb

(U.S.) a person from the Southern states of the U.S., especially during the 1861-5 Civil War ("rebs" meaning rebels", obsolete)

Red Bone

(U.S.) black person with light skin, similar to "High Yellow"

Red Indian

(UK ) British term to differentiate American Indians from East Indians, however this term is considered very offensive by Native Americans

Redneck

(U.S.) a rural white person, typically of Scots-Irish descent. There are varying possible etymologies for this term. Primarily used to denote lower-class rural whites.

Red Sea Pedestrian

(UK) a Jew (inspired by Exodus), used in Monty Python's "The Life of Brian"

Redskin

(North America) a Native American

Reffer/Reffo

(UK/AUS) a refugee

Refugee

(U.S.) an African-American, popularized after Hurricane Katrina

Religion of Peace

(English) Islam. Used sarcastically to suggest Islam is inherently violent.

Rhineland Bastard

(Nazi Germany) children of mixed African and German parentage.

Reggin

Used to talk about African Americans when in their presence or when within close proximity. Nigger spelt backwards.

Ricardo, Ricky & Ricky Ricardo

(North America) a Cuban emigre - after the TV character played by Desi Arnaz

Ricain

(France) an American

Rican

(U.S.) a Puerto Rican

Rice

(U.S.) An Asian

Rice King/Queen

(U.S.) a white person who dates Asians. (U.K.) Rice Queen is a Gay man with a liking for young Oriental men

Rice Picker

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a Filipino, Viet, Cambodian, or any other south-east Asian.

Rice University : (U.S.) although the name of an actual university in Texas, this term is also used to refer to American colleges and universities with large Asian student populations

Ritz Cracker

(U.S.) a rich Caucasian man or woman, also refers to 'tan people' due to the Golden-Brown Color of Ritz Crackers.

Roast Beef or rosbif

(France) a British person

Rock Ape

(UK/AUS) a black person (although it can also have non-ethnic meanings, such as a member of the RAF Regiment)

Rockchopper

(AUS) a Roman Catholic from the alleged association between Catholics and Irish convicts set to hard labour at breaking rocks

Rock Spider

(Anglophone South Africans) an Afrikaner (although in Australia, rock spider means child molester)

Rooinek

(Afrikaners) an English speaking South African. Literally Afrikaans for "red neck", from the British Colonial soldiers, who sunburned easily. See Redneck

Rootless cosmopolitan

(Russian: bezrodnyj kosmopolit) – Soviet Union (late Stalin era, 1948-1953), a Jew

Roundeye

(English speaking Asians) a white person.

Round Hair

(U.S.) a black person

Rug Pilot

(U.S.) a person of Middle Eastern descent (from the image of the flying carpet)

Russki/Russky

(U.S.) a Russian national. Ironically, it is Russian for "Russian" ("Русский").

Ryssä

(Finland) a derogatory word for a Russian national. Also used as a verb, "ryssiä", to foul up

S

Salmon Thumper

(U.S.) a Canadian, derived from the backwoods image that many Americans have of Canada.

Sambo

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a black person

Sand Monkey

(U.S.) someone of Middle Eastern descent

Sand Nigger

(U.S.) An offensive nomenclature describing a person of Arabic or Persian descent due to their various desert regions there. Often misused to describe people from India and Pakistan and other turban wearing countries. Also used to describe terrorists.

Sandgroper

(AUS) a Western Australian of any ethnicity

Sandy

(U.S.) a contemporary abbreviated euphemism for "Sand Nigger"; see also Sawney

Sangokujin

(Japan) someone from territory previously occupied by Japan (mainly Korea and China) literally: "person of the three countries", referring to China, Korea and Taiwan

Sapphire

(U.S.) an attractive black woman - from the Amos & Andy shows

Sassenach

(Scotland and Ireland) contemptuous term for the English or an Englishman. Derived from Gaelic word for "Saxon"

Saupreiß

(southern Bavaria) any German from north of the Main river. Literally "piggish Prussian". Often used for inhabitats of Berlin (the former Prussian capital) or representatives of the federal government). Plural is Saupreissn.

Sawney

(England, archaic) - A Scottish person, dim. of "Alexander"

Scanger

(Britain & Ireland) A derogatory term in Ireland for working-class natives of Dublin's inner-city, especially youths. Also used in other Irish and British cities; also used to describe a certain form of youth subculture; a scally in Liverpool, a spide in Belfast, a chav in London,a Ned in Glasgow, or white trash in the United States.

Schlitzauge

(Germany) isulting term for asians. Schlitzauge means slit eyed.

Schwarzer

(German speaking countries & North America, especially among U.S. Jews) pronounced "schvar-tzer" - A black person. Not considered a slur by native populations of German speaking countries, as in German, it simply means "black man".

Schwoogie

(U.S. Northeast, esp. New York) a black person

Scumbag/Scummer

(Ireland) a derogatory term in dublin for northsiders, similar to scanger. Scumbag is now used in a generic sense to refer to someone who is disliked for their negative actions.

Scuro

(Italo-Canadians) a black person ("scuro" is Italian for "dark")

Sea Kaffir

(South African Whites) person of Portuguese descent

Sep(po)/Septic

(AUS/UK) an American (from septic tank, rhyming slang for yank.) Originated from WW2; a septic tank is used in rural areas for storage and decomposition of human waste

Serv

(English-speaking world) Serb (based on similarity of the word with servant)

Shaggy

(U.S. Jews) a young non-Jewish man - see Shegetz (also a pun based on Scooby Doo's human friend)

Sheygetz or Shaygetz

(Jews) a young non-Jewish man

Sheenie

(North America) A Jew. A popular slur during the 1950s.

Sheepfucker, Sheepscrewer, Sheepshagger and other variations on this theme

England, a Welshman; Australia, a New Zealander; USA, a Scot, etc.; Scotland, someone from outside the urban central belt (also given the large population of sheep in the aforementioned countries)

Shiksa

(Jews) used as a disparaging term for a non-Jewish girl or woman

Shina

(Japan) a Japanese term for "China" that most Chinese people find deeply offensive

Shine

(U.S., esp. Rhode Island) black person

Shiptar

(Serbia) Albanian. The word comes from Albanian language shqiptar which means "Albanian". Nonetheless, some Albanians claim that it is insulting to them and prefer to be called Albanac (an Albanian); others prefer the opposite. Some Serbian nationalists insist on using this term to distinguish Serbian Albanians from Albanian Albanians, yet others insist on using Albanac to stress Albanian immigration from Albania.

Shit-Kicker

(U.S.) a caucasian person from the southwest or lower midwest United States (example: Missouri & Oklahoma)

Shit-Skin

(U.S.) black person

Shonk, Shonker

(UK) a Jew (said to be from Yiddish shoniker, meaning "shopkeeper")

Shylock

(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) a Jew. From the Jewish character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Shyster or Scheister

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a Jew; but more frequently used, especially in the U.S., in reference to lawyers of any ethnic origin. Implies questionable ethics and general untrustworthiness. May be derived from "shylock" (above), but more likely from the German resp. Yiddish word scheißer/scheisster, literally "shitter".

Sickle Cell

(U.S.) a Black person, used in the movie Full Metal Jacket. An allusion to the higher incidence of sickle cell anaemia in black populations.

Sid

(NYC & locality) term for a Hasidic Jew

Silverback

(U.S.) a large physically imposing black man - sometimes middle-aged (after the term for a mature male gorilla)

Sioux

(North America) a derogatory word for the Sioux or Lakota Native Americans, and was given to them by the Ojibwe. It is a derivative of "Nadouwesioux," which means "little snakes" or "enemies", and was shortened to Sioux by the French.

Sistah Souljah

(U.S.) a militant black female (sister soldier) - originally used exclusively by blacks, then appropriated by whites as a slur

Sister

(North America) a black female - originally used exclusively by blacks, then appropriated by whites. (see Brother above)

Siv

(Armenia) a black person

Skanger

(Irish) A member of the Dublin working classes who contribute highly to anti-social behaviour and usually sport bright, brand name clothing.

Skid, Front-wheel

(UK) A Jew. From rhyming-slang.

Skids

(Upper Midwestern U.S.) derogatory term for black people (term derived from the common Scandinavian words for "shit", ie. skidur, skita, etc.)

Skinny

(U.S.) First (?) used in Starship Troopers for an alien race. Used by U.S. and other western militaries for Africans, especially Somalis.

Skip

(AUS) a white Australian – from the TV show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Among ethnic youth, "skip" is the opposite of "wog".

Skippy

(U.S. Blacks) a black male who doesn't behave "black" enough (see Carlton)

Sko

(U.S.) Literally, an Eskimo, though the term is used to describe any of the Native Alaskans, including the Aleuts and Inuits.

Skunk

(U.S.) someone of Middle Eastern descent. Possibly in reference to lingering odors of pungent spices and incenses used in foods and homes, or the habit of applying pungent Patchouli oil rather than daily bathing.

Skooja

(dublin, Irish) Another term for scanger.

Slam

(South Africa) a muslim, from Islam. It is pronounced in the Afrikaans way to sound the same as the English word "slum", referring to the supposed backwardness of the muslims.

Slant-Eye, Slit-Eye, Slant, Slant-Eyed Devil, Slant-Eyed Demon

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a person of Asian descent

Slant-Slash

(North America) an Asian woman

Slapface or Slaphead

(North America) an Asian

Slapped A Yarmulke

(U.S.) a person with stereotypical Jewish facial features, from "slapped with a yarmulke" at birth

Slave Race

(Translation from German) the term used by "Aryans" for Slavs. Slavs became slaves around the beginning of the ninth century when the Holy Roman Empire tried to stabilize a German-Slav frontier.

Slob

(North America) Russian, i.e., person of Slavic heritage

Slope also Slope Head

(U.S. & Aus) a person of Asian descent

SLUF

(U.S. Military) an asian male - acronym for "short little ugly fucker"

Sloppy

(Gibraltar) Spaniard

Smoked Irish

(U.S.) 19th century term for Blacks (intended to insult both Blacks and Irish)

Snail Eater

(North America) a French person

Snip-Tip

(U.S.) a Jew - refers to circumcision.

Snowbird also Snowback

(U.S. South) a Canadian or Yankee refugee who flees his/her Motherland to vacation in the warm climate of the Southern U.S. (From the song by Canadian singer Anne Murray)

Snow Flake / Snowman

(U.S. blacks) a white person

Snozzo

(U.S.) A person of Jewish descent (referring to an oversized nose)

Soap

(Sub-Saharan Black Africans) unflattering term for caucasians

Soap Dodger

(Scotland) An inhabitant of the urban sprawl in the West coast of Scotland, specifically Glasgow.

Sons of Abraham

(International) Can be used as a nomenclature for adherents of Christianity, Judaism or Islam; usually (sarcastically) to describe the Jews

Sons of Heaven

(AUS) 19th century, Chinese

Soul Brother

(North America) a black male - originally used exclusively by blacks, then appropriated by whites as a slur

Soul Sister

(North America) a black female - originally used exclusively by blacks, then appropriated by whites as a slur

Soutpiel

(South Africa) literally "salt dick" English-speaking South African with divided loyalties one foot in South Africa, one in England and his penis in the ocean

Southern Jessie

(northern England) person from the south of England, seen as soft

Spade

(UK and North America) a black person - from the black spades on playing cards

Spaghetti or Spaghettifresser

(Germany) Italian

Spaghetti-Bender

(North America) Italian

Spam Eater

(U.S.) term for Hawaiians, Samoans, and other Pacific Islanders known for their consumption of the meat product SPAM

Spear-Chucker

(North America) A black person. Derived from the hunting style of African natives. (Also a black doctor on M*A*S*H)

Spic or Spick

(U.S.) a person of Hispanic descent - from "no spickie English". May have also derived as a shortened term for the word "hispanic". Also commonly used to describe Puerto Rican strawberry pickers.

Spicup

(U.S.) a Hispanic that drives a customized pickup truck, usually adorned with the flag of Mexico.

Spiek

(U.S.) a Korean slang term used for a stupid Korean in Yahoo chat.

Spigger

(U.S.) a Hispanic person who acts like a black person.

Spigot

(U.S.) a Hispanic bigot

Spook

(U.S. whites) a black person

Spotted Dick

(Non-Britons) a British person, comes from the name of a British dessert that sounds inappropriate.

Sprout

(U.S., U.K) a Belgian national - from Brussels sprouts

Spudfucker, Spudlover, Spud-Eater, etc.

(North America) an Irish person - from the Irish staple, potatoes

Spud Islander

(CAN) a person born on Prince Edward Island in the Maritimes - from the amount of potatoes or "spuds" grown there.

Spyski

(U.S.) a person defected from Soviet Russia

Squarehead

(U.S. upper midwest) A German or a Norwegian; (Canada) Among French speakers, an English-Canadian ("tête carré")

Squaw

(North America) a Native American female

Statale

(North Italy) the word is a disparaging term to describe southern Italians that work in Italian State offices and companies. A large part of State employees are southern Italians, even in the Northern Regions.

Subhuman & Sub-Human

(translation from German: "Untermensch") Nazi term for Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, Negroes and other non-Aryans (current use infrequent)

Sudaca

(Spain) a Latin American, a play on sudamericano and sudar (to sweat). It could be translated like dirty, dark skinned, poor and lazy latin American, generally for those who emigrate to Spain.

Suicide Bomber

(U.S.) a Muslim person.

Surrender Monkey

(U.S.) a French person.

Sushi

(North America) an Asian female.

sushi chugger

(U.S.) a caucasian male who has a sexual interest in oriental men.

Sushi-Dick

(North America) an Asian male.

Svartskalle

(Sweden) a black person, sometimes used for all people of colour. Literally "black head".

Svenne

(Sweden) a native Swedish person. The word is most likely a derivate of the name Sven.

Swamp Honky

(U.S. Blacks @ Gulf of Mexico) similar to white trash – white residents around the Louisiana/Texas border - also "swamp trash"

Swamp Nigger & Swamp Rat

(U.S.) degrading terms projected to Cajun people and people of the swamp

Sweaty

(UK) London term for a Scotsman, from rhyming slang "Sweaty Sock" for "Jock" (nickname for Scots)

Swedish Meatball

(U.S.) a sometimes derogatory term for someone of Swedish descent

Swirly

(U.S.) A child of an interracial couple, usually black and white. Refers to swirled soft-serve yogurt.

Szkop

(Poland) Derogatory term for German nationals or German speaking people.

Szwab

(Poland) Derogatory term for Germans, comes from the Bayern region of Swabia

T

Taffy

(UK) a Welsh person. From the River Taff or the name Dafydd. Children's rhyme: "Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief". Highly offensive when used by an English.

Taig

(Northern Ireland Protestants) a Catholic, from Tadhg, Irish for Timothy. Comparable to nigger. See Tim.

Tamtakos,Ταμτάκος

(Greece) a Gypsy, from the name of a character from an 1980s series of Greek videotrash movies essentially ridiculing Greek Gypsies and displaying all perceived stereotypes of Greek society versus Gypsies. Gypsies are in fact depicted living in slums, dirty, with too many children, usually selling potatoes or watermelons from Datsun pickups.

Tar Baby

(UK) a black child

Tarsh

(Saudi Arabia) Aboriginal Saudis, mainly the coastal Asiatics (literally means vomit).

Tarzan

(U.S.) White people living in a black neighborhood. Coined by Howard Stern to describe his childhood experiences growning up in a black community.

Tattie

(Scotland) term for an Irish person - based on the colloquial term for potato

Teco

(Mexico) a derogatory word used primarily to refer to native Mexican indians or people of Mexican indian descent. Probably derived from the names of several Mexican indian cultures (i.e. Zapoteca, Azteca, Chinanteco, etc.) It can also be used to refer to someone that is considered ignorant, stupid, or uncultured.

Teléfono

(Colombia) a black person. Term originated before the 1960's when the time when most telephones were colored black.

Tenom

(Korea) roughly translates to "dirty- or subhuman", used for Chinese.

Terrone

(Northern Italy) roughly translates to "mud- or eartheater", used for Sicilians and Southern Italians.

Terrorist

(North America & UK) a person from the Middle East. Mostly used as another word for arabs, turks and other muslims.

Terrier

(U.S.) an Irish laborer

Tête carrée

(Francophone CAN) a Canadian of British descent ("square head")

Teuchter

(Scotland) a Highlander, or northerner

Tico

(Costa Rica) Costa Ricans usually refer to themselves as "ticos".

Tim

(West of Scotland Protestant) a Catholic, from "Tim Malloy", a generic nickname for a Glasgow Catholic

Tim/Tim Hortons

(Quebec) term for anglophone Canadians, after the name of the ubiquitous donut shop

Tinker

(Britain & Ireland) an inconsequential person (typically lower class)

Tizzun

(Italy, Naples) a black person, offensive.

Tojo

(U.S.) a Japanese person; common slur during World War II. From Hideki Tojo, Japan's prime minister at the beginning of the war.

Token

(U.S.) a minority who is hired, accepted, or promoted to fullfill a racial quota.

Tom / Tom Nigger

(North America) see Uncle Tom

Tomcat

(U.S.) term for black men who are adulterous, and/or have large sexual appetites (this term was used by J. Edgar Hoover to describe Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Tommy

(Germany) Used for the British in WW2 (Originally affectionate British slang for British soldiers, c. 19th century - WW1, from nickname Tommy Atkins, but the Germans extended it to e.g. British sailors)

Tonto

(U.S.) a Native American (refers to the sidekick on "The Lone Ranger") Tonto is Spanish for "foolish"

Toubab

(France) a white person. The word comes from the Wolof language of Senegal

Toucan Sam

(U.S.) a Jew. The large protruding beak of the toucan resembles the stereotypical Jewish nose.

Towelhead

(U.S.) anyone who wears a head turban. Derisively applied towards Middle Easterners and Muslims, but rarely applied against people who wear other types of turbans. Australia, wearers of religious headdress, particularly Sikhs.

Trailer trash

(U.S.) lower-class white people, especially in the rural south, but can be applied to any poor white person. Considered extremely offensive, as it implies that a person is a drunken rustic hick who lives in a trailer with rusted-out automobiles up on blocks outside. Also called "trailer park trash". See white trash.

Trog

(Arizona) a Native American, from 'troglodyte', a caveman.

Troll

(Michigan) derogatory term Yoopers (see Yooper) use to describe lower pennisula Michiganders

Tschusch

(Austria, esp. Vienna) pronounced chooshe, an immigrant of Balkan descent, from Serb cujes, "you hear?", allegedly often heard amongst immigrant workers. Considered quite offensive, although also used jokingly amongst second-generationers to refer to one another.

Turban Cowboy

(U.S. Southwest) a Middle Easterner or Muslim trying to assimilate into the local community

Turnip

(UK) a Swede, based on the variety of Turnip called a "Swede"

Turco

(Brazil & Argentina) A person of Arab or Muslim (especially Lebanese and/or Syrian) descent. Not usually applied to Turks.

T.W.A.

(U.S.) a national of a developing country who works professionally in the U.S. Short for "Third World assassin".

T.W.E. : (UK) an Eastern European (from Third World European) For short, "Tweety" is used.

Twinkie

(North America) an Asian person who is "yellow on the outside, white on the inside" (similar to "banana" above). Twinkie (slur) is also used by some American Indians to describe a white person who claims to be a American Indian, claiming to be a shaman, a healer, etc, with little or no connection to any tribe via social or blood links.

U

Ugly American

(Europe & CAN) an American, especially one who is loud or abrasive. From the 1958 novel The Ugly American about American military assistance to the French in Indochina.

Ugly European

(U.S.) is a recently-coined term referring to the ethnocentric or xenophobic nationalism of far-right politicians and groups in Europe, particularly Jean-Marie Le Pen, Joerg Haider, and the Vlaamse Blok.

Ugly Singaporean

(Singapore) a typical Singaporean who is loud, abrasive and afraid to lose out (e.g. the cheapest price for a latest trend).

Uh-Oh! Oreo

(U.S. youth) a white person who "acts black" (an Uh-Oh! Oreo is white on the outside, black on the inside) (see wigger)

Ukie, or Uke

(Northern & Midwestern U.S., Canada) Ukrainian. also used by Ukrainians as an ironic term of endearment.

Unclean

(Jews) persons that Jews consider unclean or undesirable (ie. uncircumcized gentiles or enemies)

Uncle Tom

(U.S. Blacks) term for someone who panders to white people; a "sellout" (taken from Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin".)

Uncle Tom Tom

(U.S. Native Americans) a Native American "sellout", from Uncle Tom

Uncle Tonoose

(Arab-Americans) a "sellout" (derived from "Uncle Tom" and from the name of a stereotypical character on a 1950s television show.)

Undesirables

(Nazi Germany) those who were considered inferior to white Germans and "Aryans," especially Jews and Africans (similar to Untermensch); most if not all minorities or "alien races" were completely barred from breeding with those of "German blood" with the passage of the Nuremberg race laws, and other "undesirables" plus mentally-ill Germans were killed when the T-4 Euthanasia Program was implemented

Unevolved

(UK & U.S.) unflattering term for blacks - based on reasoning that they are the last race to leave Africa (birthplace of human species)

Uniate

(Orthodox Christians) used as a derogative against a Catholic in the Eastern-Rite

UNIT

(Rhode Island) Acronym "Unidentified Nigger In Town"

United Queendom

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) term suggests that British men are effeminate or gay

Untermensch

(Nazi Germany) a member of an "inferior" race. Literally inferior human.

Uryuk (урюк)

(Russia) a Central Asian, usually Central Asian tradesmen. Means dried apricot.

Urkel

(U.S.) a black man that acts like a geek, from Steve Urkel, a major character on the TV show Family Matters

Ustaša

(Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia) A derogatory term for a Croatian. Taken from the name of the Croatian nationalist movement of the 1940's (NDH, Ustashe), and used by some Croat nationalists during the Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian wars of the early 1990's. Some consider it the same as calling one a Nazi, although some extremists do not consider it an insult.

Uzkoglazy (узкоглазый)

(Russia) an Asian (mongoloid) person. Literally means narrow-eyed. See also "chuchmek".

Uzkoplenochniy (узкоплёночный)

(Russia) somewhat outdated slang for an Asian (or other mongoloid) person. The word literally means narrow-filmed, derived from the term for a photocamera using a film format of 35 mm or less.

V

Valsero

(U.S. South Florida around Miami) a word commonly used by Non-Cuban Latin Americans. Used to generalize Cubans. Takes on the meaning "rafters" or more directly "escapees" due to the high amount of Cuban immigration to the area.

Vampires

(International, esp. among Muslim extremists) a pejorative term for Jews based on a revival of the medieval myth that Jews drank the blood of of non-Jewish children (blood libel). This myth has been revived to say that modern Israelis sacrifice and consume Palestinian children.

van der Merwe

(South Africa) an Afrikaner, from the common Afrikaans family name. Van der Merwe is the butt of many South African jokes, filling the same role that the Irishman fills in an Irishman joke.

Vanilla Bean

(U.S.) a person of Mexican ethnicity trying to fit in with Whites.

Vegemite

(AUS) Aboriginal Australian, derived from the Australian-made dark coloured sandwich spread.

Velcro head

(U.S.) a black person

Vichy

(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a term of derision for the French (based on the term Vichy France — an authoritarian government established after the relatively quick defeat of France before Germany, known for its collaboration with the Nazis)

Viet

(North America) a Vietnamese person

Viet-Coon

(U.S.) a Vietnamese person - formerly reserved only for the Viet-Cong but expanded in use

Vu Cumprà

(Italy) the word was born in Milano in the mid 80's when the first immigrants from Africa arrived in the city. They sold lighters, newspapers and some African Handicraft on the streets of the city centre and asked in bad Italian :"Vu-cumprà?" (vuoi comprare - do you want to buy something?). The two words became the nickname for all Sub-Saharan African people (not for North Africans)

Vus-vus

(Israel) an Ashkenazi Jew. Used by non-Ashkenazi Jews towards Ashkenazi immigrants to Israel during the mass-aliyah after World War II. From "Vus? Vus?" meaning "What? What?" in Yiddish.

Vut

(North America) a Russian, because the Russian immigrants said "vut" instead of "what" when asked something in English.

W

Wagonburner

(CAN) Aboriginal Canadians; Any of the indigenous people of the United States and Canada.

Wal boy/Wal girl

(U.S.) lower class man/woman (see walpeople below)

Walpeople

(U.S.) lower-class people, supposedly frequent shoppers at Wal-Mart.

WASP

(North America) White Anglo-Saxon Protestant - offensiveness questionable as many "wasps" self-identify as such (originated as shorthand term in sociology)

Water Buffalo

(U.S.) term considered offensive by black students at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. The supposedly well educated university administrators told the male Jewish student that uttered it that the term was racist because "the water buffalo is a dark primitive animal that lives in Africa." The questionable semantics, dubious zoology, and incorrect geography (Asian animal) did not prevent the university from pressing charges against the student. Charges were later dropped when media outlets and the ACLU publicized this event.

Watermelon or Watermelon Eater

(North America) black people (this slur was used in the film 48 Hours). Also a political slur on enviromentalists using socialist/communist rhetoric ("Green on the outside, Red on the inside")

Wap

(U.S.)White person who likes anime or other parts of Japanese culture

Welfare Monkey

(U.S.) a black person

Welsh

A person from Wales (also pejorative). The term originally meant stranger/foreigner in Anglo-Saxon, but can hardly be termed pejorative these days. However, in its verb form To Welch, meaning to renege on something, it most certainly is. Strangely, whilst the Saxons referred to the Welsh = Foreigners, the Welsh referred to themselves as Cymry = Fellow-countrymen; and still do so.

Wera

(Spanish) A white skined Mexican or Mexican-American female. See Guero.

Wero

(Spanish) A Mexican or Mexican-American male with caucasin features. See Guero.

West Briton

(Ireland) is for an Irish person who has sympathies towards Britain.

Wet

(U.S.) a general term or adjective for any illegal alien (derived from wetback but not necessarily Mexican or even Hispanic).

Wetback, wetter

(U.S.) an illegal Mexican immigrant (presumably having swum across the Rio Grande OR working long days in hot fields where they would sweat a lot), also see Mojado.

Wetback Samoan

(American Samoa) a Samoan from West Samoa who has moved to American Samoa (from "wetback" used for Mexicans in Texas, West Samoans must travel over a strait to reach American Samoa)

Watjela (or Wetjala, Wodgela etc.)

(AUS) Western Australian Aboriginal (Nyungah) term for non-indigenous person. Coming from 'Whitefella"

Weird Beard

(U.S.) A Hassadic Jewish Male. Originates from Williamsburg, Brooklyn as an offensive slur against the grooming customs of this group.

Westie/Westy : (Aus/NZ) A person from the Western Suburbs of Auckland or Sydney, the slur implying lower class

Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory

(U.S. & U.K.) An obese black female with multiple children, usually from different fathers.

Whiggie

Asian females (usually westernised, but not always) who only date white guys. Short for "White Guy Groupie".

White boy

(U.S.) A caucasian. Originally not offensive and used by whites self-descriptively. Later adapted by some African Americans as a slur.

White-bread

(North America) middle-class to upper-middle-class white person, or a member of another race that shares their values

White Cracker

(U.S.) a caucasian. More commonly simply "Cracker"

White Devil

(U.S.) (originated with Nation of Islam) a white person

White Meat

(U.S. Blacks) slur for white people - derived from the poultry term, also a term of sexual objectification for white women (or sometimes men)

White Nigger

(Southern U.S.) an unrefined white person - see White Trash. Also describes a person of black and white parentage.

White-tang

(U.S.) used during the late 1990's to refer to a teenage white person, usually upper-middle class, who "acts" black. Derived from "The Wu-Tang Clan" rap group, which itself was derived from "Wu-Tang Clan" martial arts films. see "Wigger", "Wiglet".

White trash also poor white trash

(U.S.) an unrefined white person - usually poorly educated

White Wash

(North American) Any race of person, trying to be white, doing, or acting upon activities of white nature.

Whitey

(U.S.) a white person

Whopper

(Denmark) a female American tourist - usually overweight, called after the popular hamburger

Wigger or Whigger

(U.S. and U.K.) a white person who "acts" black, contraction of "white nigger" (different in meaning from the "white nigger" above)

Wiglet

(U.S.) a teenage or younger white person who is perceived to "act black"

Wig Wog

(UK) a person of African origin

Wodka or Wadka

(North America) a Russian (based on their pronunciation of Vodka)

Wo Fat

(U.S.) an overweight Asian man - based on the recurring criminal character on Hawaii 5-0

Wog

(UK) a dark-skinned national of a Colonial British colony (particularly Pakistan or India). It is sometimes said in jest that "the wogs begin at Calais." Used frequently in Lawrence of Arabia to describe locals, "bloody wogs". The origin of this term is unclear. Possibly derived from Golliwog. Some people claim that Wog is an acronym for 'Western Oriental Gentleman' or 'Wily Oriental Gentleman', but this is almost certainly false.

(AUS) A Middle Easterner or Mediterranean-European (especially Greek or Italian) person (sometimes any foreigner). The term, once offensive, has been appropriated by second-generation ethnic youth and is used humorously or with pride, as in "wog culture" and the successful comedy show Wogs Out of Work.

Wonder Bread Wop

(U.S. Italians) an Italian-American that acts Anglo (does not make home-made pasta, did not grow up in Italian neighborhood, does not have accent or does not use Italian-American slang, etc.).

Wop

(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) an Italian or other Southern European, especially an immigrant; probably originated in the U.S., but later spread to other countries. Popular etymology gives the origin as "WithOut Passport", although some believe the acronym derived from "WithOut Papers" or "Without Official Papers", suggesting illegal immigration (however, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe were far more likely to lack conclusive documentation than those from Italy during the peak period for immigration of both to the (U.S.) which straddled the late 19th and early 20th Centuries). Might derive from the Neapolitan slang term guappo! (pretty one), often used by the first immingrants from Italy to address or call to each other.

Wrap head

a person who wears a turban.

Wuffo

a black person, referring to the ebonics phrase "Wuffo you be saying that?".

X

Xarnego or charnego

(Catalonia) an immigrant from another part of Spain, especially, Andalusia or Extremadura. Originally, it meant an immigrant from Occitania. An immigrant from another part of Spain who does not integrate and / or does not learn or want to speak the Catalan language

X Head

(U.S.) a black person - from the "X" hats popular after the release of the 1992 Spike Lee film Malcolm X (movie)

Y

Yahoodi

(U.S.) a Jew - from the Arabic Yahood and/or Hebrew Yehudi (Jew)

Yahoodi & the Blowfish

(U.S.) a Jew that tries to fit in with Blacks (based on the name of the popular 1990s band)

Yang nom

(Korea) lit. "Yankee bastard" - refers to Whites.

Yangguizi (扬鬼子)

(China) Foreign Devil - refers to whites.

Yank/Yankee

(Originally used by the New York Dutch to refer to the English "Jan Kees", adaption of John Cheese), it has gradually broadened in meaning. In the northern U.S., it means a traditional New Englander of English stock. In the southern U.S., it means any northerner, specifically one who intends to return to the north (as opposed to "Damn Yankee", a Yankee who intends to remain in the south). Outside the U.S. it means any American, as in "Yankee go home." Spelled "Yanqui" in Spanish and ヤンキー (Yankii) in Japanese. Sometimes extended as "Billy Yank".

Yankee Doodle

(Europe & Canada) Americans

Yard Ape

(U.S.) a black person; cf. porch monkey

Yarpie

(South African) An Afrikaaner

Yat

(Southern U.S.) A resident of New Orleans. From the common local expression 'where you at?' meaning 'how are you?' Insulting when used by non-New Orleanians to describe the psuedo-language/accent of the locals.

Yehudon

(Israel) lit. "Jewboy" - a Jew (perceived as) obsequiously subservient to foreign and/or non-Jewish interests; a "Jewish Uncle Tom".

Yellow Dog

(U.S. Elite Southern whites) a term for Southern whites of limited education (from the quote - - "he would vote for a yellow dog if it was a Democrat").

Yellow Fever

(North America) a non-Asian that prefers sex with Asians

Yellow Kid

(North America) an Asian child - from the racist newspaper comic by Richard Outcault from the late 19th-century

Yellow Menace

(U.S. white students) Asian students with high test scores that ruin the curve in the class

Yellow Peril

(AUS, NZ, Canada) an Asian immigrant

Yenta

(North America) an annoying gossipy Jewish woman - a Yiddish term. C.f. - The character "Yente" in Fiddler on the Roof.

Yid

(U.S. & UK) a Jewish person (came from Yiddish language)

Yiddiot

(U.S.) A stupid Jew, from yid, Yiddish for Jew, and idiot.

Yid-lid

(U.S.) a Jew. Yid is Yiddish for Jew, lid refers to the Jewish yarmulke.

Yinzer

(U.S.) a person from western Pennsylvania, specifically the Pittsburgh area. Refers to the dialect, where "Yinz" is often used to refer to a group of people. ("How are yinz guys doing?")

Yob/Yobbo

(AUS CAN) lower-class white/anglo Australian (also see bogan, ocker, westie/westy)

Yokel

(U.S.) an unrefined white person.

Yoko

(U.S.) Disparaging term for an Asian woman, infers the woman is irritating or a divisive/negative influence.- from Yoko Ono.

Yooper

(Northern U.S.) A resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, an area considered to be vastly different from the Lower Peninsula. Not necessarily considered derogatory.

Youpin

(France) A Jewish person

Yuca

(U.S. Hispanics) Young Urban Cuban American, a term used to refer to Cuban-Americans with values and beliefs more similar to mainstream USA than to the values of their Cuban parents.

Yugo

(North America) a Yugoslav person (from the car "Yugo" which was cheap and broke down easily)

Z

Zalama

(Libyan Arabic) a Syrian man. The term in Syrian Arabic vernacular means man and is used in Libya to mean Syrian.

Zambo

(Latin America) a person of mixed African and Amerindian heritage

Zap

(U.S.) a Vietnamese person, used mainly by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War

Zebra

(North America) a person of black and white parentage.

Zekes

(U.S.) a WWII era term for the Japanese - derived from radio chatter for the Japanese Zero

Zerg

(U.S.) Korean (after the Zerg alien race from the game StarCraft, which is popular in South Korea)

Zezak

(Albanian-Americans, Albania) A black person

Zhid (жид)

(Russia and ex-USSR) a Jewish person (originally a Polish word, but an offensive slur in Russian language)

Zionazi

Combination of "Zionist" and "Nazi", referring mostly to Israli Jews and their treatment of Palestinians.

Zigeuner

(Germany) a term for Gypsies, at times seen as pejorative or at least politically incorrect

Zip

(U.S.) an Italian immigrant who is fresh off the boat

Zipperhead

(U.S.) An Asian person, more commonly a Vietnamese person; it was used often by U.S. troops during the Vietnam War and came about when soldiers noticed that when they shot a Vietnamese person in the head it would split apart like a zipper. It may also refer to a tank crewmember, regardless of nationality, due to the fact that driving a tank through rough terrain can result in head injuries requiring stitching.

ZOG

(Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists) Jews - see Zionist Occupied Government

Zoghal

(Iran) A black Person. Literally translates to coal in Farsi.

Zol

(Libyan)a Sudanese guy. the term in Sudanese arabic vernacular means man and is used in Libyan to mean syrian.

Zot

(South Africa) black person

Zupfer

(Lower Franconia, Germany) derogatory term for an African-American, pronounced tsoopfah, meaning "plucker". Refers to plucking cotton.

Zyd (Żyd)

(Poland) means a Jew, but also frequently used as a term for very mean and rough person.

See also

• Offensive terms per nationality, groups the terms by nationality
• List of ethnic group names used as insults
• List of words meaning outsider, foreigner or 'not one of us'
• List of common phrases based on stereotypes
• List of sexual slurs
• List of political epithets
• Hate speech
• Term of disparagement
• Ethnophaulism

External links

• Racial slur Database : RSDB
• The Racial Slur Database
• An article on the Coon caricature
• Alnwick North. A satirical collection of Alnwick-based animation and humour

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• Ethnic slurs
• Lists of words