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

Terms on this list vary greatly in offensiveness. Many are taboo. Some are used more widely than might be imagined based on their "definition"; for example, Boatie can be used to refer to any Vietnamese person, a form of metonymy. The key here is that the person using the slur cares so little about the target, that the person's actual background is irrelevant. The motivation for using an ethnic slur is often racism or bigotry.

It is not uncommon for minority groups to adopt an originally disparaging term and use it of themselves, as an act of self-assertion. However, they may be extremely offended if it is used by others; nigger is an extreme example.

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51st Stater – Facetious reference to any citizen of a nation whose politics and culture appear closely aligned with 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, British, or Israelis.
927 – U.S. blacks, comes from the suburban Los Angeles Police Department code for "Suspicious Person"

A

A.I. – short for "American Ignorance" used for US citizens
Abba-Dabba – from the film Betrayed, referring to Arabs and the United Arab Emirates city of Abu Dhabi
ABA – Another Bloody Australian. Used in Canadian ski resort towns, primarily Whistler/Blackcomb. Describes members the prevalent Australian ex-patriate communities in those areas.
ABCD – "American-Born Confused Desi" used for American-born Indians who are confused about their culture
Abo – Australia, 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 half bred children, mainly used for half white children
Adolf – Germans, referring to Adolf Hitler
African queen – U.K., a black gay male. Also the title of a film.
Africoon – a Black person
Afro-Saxon – Young white men who act black
Ahab – U.S., derogatory term for Arabs, from the novelty song "Ahab the Arab"
Ainu – Japanese people, originally referring to a valid minority (the Ainu) of Japan, now sometimes used as a derogatory term for any Asian, emphasizing barbarism
Albino – whites (see albino)
Albo- Albanians
Al Halsuada – Palestinian Territories, Jews (local Arabic dialect for "Evil Dogs")
Ame-koh – Americans, used in Japan
AmeriKKKan – a reference to perceived racism in American society. See also: Alternative political spellings.
Amerloque – Americans, used in France
Amo – the Amish
A-Neh – Singaporean and Malaysian Hokkiens, an Indian person
Angie – Anglophones in Canada, used in Quebec
Anglo – US, a white person
Ang Mor (Kwee) – Hokkien speakers, Red Hair (Devil), a white person
Ape Candy – Whites who date blacks.
Apple – U.S., a black person (apples hang from trees) cf. windchime, Canada, an Indian who "acts" like a white (red on the outside, white on the inside).
Apu – U.S., popularized by the character of the same name from The Simpsons, referring to Indians
Arkie – similar to Okie, except from Arkansas instead of Oklahoma. see Okie.
A-rab – U.S., someone of Middle Eastern descent (pronounced as the letter "A" followed by "rab" as in rabbit)
Armo – Armenians
Aunt Jemima, U.S. Blacks, a black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout", cf. Uncle Tom
Ay-rab – U.S., variant spelling of A-rab

B

Babuska – Commonwealth & U.S., Eastern Europeans, deriving from the head covering worn by Ukrainian women or from the Russian word for grandmother
Babtou – France, an ethnically-French French person ("français de souche"), used by French of other backgrounds (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
Bahadur – Nepali servants
Bamboo coon – U.S., Chinese people
Banana – Canada, U.S., an Asian who is "yellow on the outside, white on the inside"
Bangla – Malaysia and Singapore, 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 ("ba-ba-ba"); Ancient China, any non-Chinese, but applied especially upon non-Confucianist cultures
Bar code – U.S., a Jew. Refers to the tattoos of Nazi concentration camp internees.
BBCD – U.K., British Born Confused Desi
Beaner / Bean-Eater – U.S., someone of Mexican descent (sometimes applied to other hispanics)
Beastie Boy – U.S., Jews who act black, comes from The Beastie Boys
Big nose – U.S., a Jew. Stereotypical Jewish facial features include a large nose.
Bigger Thomas – U.S. Blacks, slang for a bad nigger
Bhai – Malaysia and 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
Bihari – (India), refers to a person from Bihar and Jharkhand, often used to denote a person who is illiterate and backward.
Binda – Derisively applied towards Middle Easterners
Bindi – An person with Indian descent
Bin-Laden– U.S. derogatory term, refers to a person of Arab descent. ("He's one of them bin-ladens")
Black Pillar Box – U.K., a Muslim woman who wears a burka
Black Velvet – Australia, an Aboriginal prostitute
Blackhead – U.K., an Arab (this term goes back to the medieval era)
Blizzard – U.S. negroes, a bunch of white people
Bluenose, Bluenoser – Canada, a person from Nova Scotia, named for a famous schooner originating from said province. Often used with pride by residents of this province.
Boat Niggers – U.S., Cuban people, or anyone from the Caribbean seeking asylum in the U.S.
Boat People, Boaties – Australia, sea-borne illegal immigrants of any nationality (In the 1970s usually Vietnamese, today mainly Afghans and Iraqis)
Bog Trotter – U.K., Irish people
Bog Wog – U.K., janitors and other low status occupations often held by foreigners (literally "toilet wog")
Bög – Swedes, used by Finns (Actually Swedish for a homosexual male)
Bogan – Australia, universal term for white redneck. Some parts of Australia use equivalent terms such as Westie (Sydney term - as many live in the city's western suburbs) and Bevan (Queensland term)
Bohunk – U.S., 1890s, a person from east-central Europe, especially a laborer (compound of Bo(hemian) + Hung(arian)).
Bok Gwai – Cantonese, a white person. (literally means "white ghost")
Bolillo – Mexico, white people (bolillo is a white bread roll)
Boofer – Hawaii, Polynesian word for African American
Boogie – African American, comes from the dance the "boogie" which African Americans were known to dance.
Boong – Australia, Australian aboriginal. Highly offensive
Boonga – New Zealand, a Pacific Islander ("boo-nger")
Boonie – New Zealand, a Pacific Islander
Border Jumper – U.S., an illegal Mexican immigrant
Boris – U.S., a Russian immigrant
Bosniak –person from Bosnia, regardless of religion (deemed highly offensive to non-Muslims in Bosnia)
Bounty bar – U.S., a black person who acts like a white person
Boy – Southern U.S. whites and South African whites, a black man
Boy Lover – U.K. & North America, a Greek male
Boy Lover – Anglo-Saxon Protestants, term for a Roman Catholic priest
Bozgor – Romania, a Hungarian esp. living in Romania
Bubble – U.K., Greek (cockney rhyming slang "bubble and squeak")
Brit – North America, a British person, not usually offensive
Brown Eye – U.S, an insulting term for a black person - based on slang for the anus
Brown Sugar – U.S./U.K., a black woman, not offensive - this term is used liberally in the Rolling Stones song of the same name
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
Bule – Indonesian term for a white person, Literally means "albino"
Bulgar – a Bulgarian person (derives from the tribe of barbarians that invaded the balkans)
Burkha Bitch – U.S., a Muslim woman
Burner – Canada, derived from Wagonburner, Canada, for Canadians of frontier stock
Bumpkin – Australia, white person, usually living in rural area. Equivalent term of hillbilly
Bushie – South Africa, a Coloured

C

Camel Jockey – U.S., someone of Middle Eastern descent
Campers – U.S., Jews. Refers to residents of concentration camps and also to a supposed predilection of Jewish parents to send their children to summer camps.
Can'ardly – Australia & New Zealand, term for Asians ("They can'ardly see", originated in Australia)
Canuck – U.S. and Canada, a Canadian national. Not considered offensive by most Canadians.
Cardboard Nigger – US Blacks, a black person "selling out" to the whites or not acting "black"
Carpet Bagger – US Southerners, a Northerner who moves to the South.
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".
Cashews – U.S., Catholic Jews. The children of a Jew and a Catholic. Originated from a standup routine by Jack Carter in the 1960s.
Casper the Unfriendly Ghost – U.S. Asians, an unpleasant white person
Cave Bitch – U.S. negroes, white women - from an Ice Cube song about white women
Céfran –France, an ethnically-French French person ("français de souche"), used by French of other backgrounds
Celestial – Australia, Western U.S., 19th century, Chinese
Cereal – a person from Syria (uses an "a" for singular form, and an "s" for plural) Also, brands of cereal are used.
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 immigrants
Chalala – France, young trendy Jew.
Chapata / chapat – US Indian and Pakistani, 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.
Chank – U.S./U.K., someone of Chinese descent
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. generalization, an Asian person (derived from Charlie)
Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys – U.S./international, French (from perceived French cowardice in military situations)
Chefur – Person from Balkans, usually one from former Yugoslavia.
Cheese-Head – U.S., a person from Wisconsin
Chicano – 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.
Chicken-Shit – U.S., a Hindu - based on the bad pun "Hen Doo"
Chief – North America, rude form of address towards Native Americans - considered very disrespectful unless really addressing a tribal leader
Chimp-Pansie – U.S., an effiminate young black man
Chinaman – International, person of Chinese or generally of Asian descent
Ching chong – U.S./Australia, someone of Chinese descent; term directed at Yao Ming by Shaquille O'Neal in highly-publicized incident in 2002
Chink – U.S./U.K., someone of Chinese descent
Chocko – Australia, ethinc person of dark/olive complexion, usually of Mediterranian extraction
Chocolate Drop – U.K., a black person;
Chogee – Australia, someone of Asian descent
Cholo – Latin America, half-breed; America, Hispanic gangster
Chongo/Chango – (also "mono") U.S. Hispanics, a black person ("chongo/chango" is Spanish for "monkey")
Choong – Australia, Vietnamese or Cambodian immigrants
Chopperflops – Canada, generalization, an Asian person
Chow – Australia, 19th century, Chinese
Chowie – U.K./Australia, someone of Asian descent
Christ-Killer – used in some Christian cultures, a Jewish person
Chug Canada, a native Canadian
Chuntaro – Mexico, U.S., a rural Mexican immigrant
Cioarā–Romania, derogatory term for a Rom (Gypsy), it means "crow" in Romanian
Claip – 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 or Cloggy – used in some cultures, a Dutch person (from their supposed wearing of clogs)
Clog Wog – used in Australia for a person of Dutch origin, not always offensive
Coal Burner – United States, 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 – U.S., a Mexican immigrant
Cockroach – Germany & U.S. midwest, a Frenchman
Coco – U.K., a black person, New Zealand, a Pacific Islander(shortened from coconut)
Coconut – U.S./U.K./Australia, 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); New Zealand, a Pacific Islander
Colorado Beetle French WWII era("doryphore"): a German person.
Colored – U.S., an unacceptable term for Black person, however it was acceptable in the past - for example "NAACP"
Coloured – South Africa, a person of multiracial descent
Commie – US, a Russian. Sometimes used to refer to a Chinese individual
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 – Australia, white/anglo Australian, used by aboriginal and ethnic Australians, derived from the first European settlers on the First Fleet in 1788
Coolie – North America, rude term for Chinese (originally used in 19th-century for Chinese railroad labor)
Coon – U.S., derogatory term used to describe a black person - from the practice of using hunting dogs trained in hunting "Coons" (Raccoons) to chase runaway slaves.
Coonass – U.S., degrading term projected to Cajun people
Corkhead – a native of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England.
Corn Guzzler – U.S., a rural southerner or appalachian (from drinking illegal corn liquor)
Cosmopolite – Soviet Union, a Jew
Cotton Picker – U.S., derogatory term used describe a black person
Cowboy – Europe, an American (Europeans frequently puzzled/annoyed that some Americans don't feel insulted)
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"
Crick-Crick – U.S., a Japanese tourist - usually with cameras, from the sound of the camera shutter
Criminal – U.K. and N.Z., an Australian (see also convict)
Crusader – Islam, a person from a country were Latin Christianity is dominant (North America and Western Europe)
Cuff – U.S., a black person
Culture Carrier – translation from German, an Asian or Asians
Culture Creator – translation from German, a European or Europeans
Culture Destroyer – translation from German, an African or Africans
Curry Muncher or Curry – Australia and New Zealand, an Indian person
Cygan – Poland, it used to be Polish name for 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"
Czarnuch – Poland, derogatory word for 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;
Čamuga – Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Black
Čifut (Чифут) – Former SFRY, Bulgaria: Jew

D

Da Bi Zi – Big noses: Chinese slur used to denote Caucasian people
Dago – (also "dag") U.S., someone of Italian descent (originally derived from the Spanish name Diego, it was applied to Spanish, Portuguese or Italian sailors)
DagoWop – U.S., (a combination of two slurs)an Italian
Darkie or darky – various, someone with dark-colored skin; also a racist, iconic caricature with inky-black skin, googly eyes and exaggerated red, pink or white lips
Darkness – various, someone with dark-colored skin (from skit on David Chapelle's comedy show featuring Rick James)
Desert nigger – Australia, A person of Middle-Eastern or Indian descent
Diaper head – United States, 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 – UK, gipsy
Ding – Australia?, an Italian
Dinge – US, a black person
Dog Eater / Dog Muncher – U.S., someone of Filipino, Korean or Vietnamese descent
Don – U.S., a wealthy Italian - especially a ranking mafioso
Don – England, a Spaniard (from the Spanish title) (Common use in Elizabethan times)
Donny Brasco – an Italian person
Dot or Dot-head – U.S., someone of South Asian descent (from the Hindu practice of wearing bindis)
Double Dutch / Dutch courage – U.S./U.K., inferior attributes for Dutch people
Dresiarz / Dres – Poland, young urban people wearing sportswear (from Polish "dres" - sportswear), usually bald, often organised crime (recruiting from this group)
DWO – "Driving While Oriental" – U.S., referring to Asian drivers, perceived to be poorer drivers than others
Dumb Polock – US, person of Polish descent
Dune Coon – US, someone of Middle Eastern descent
Dutchman – English-speaking South African whites, used for Afrikaner

E

Easy-Bake – a Jew.
Egg – a white person who "acts" like an Asian (white on the outside, yellow on the inside)
Eggplant – North-eastern U.S., a black person
Elbow – an Albanian person (derives from the other slur, "Albo")
Elvis – U.S., overweight southerner with unexplainable sex appeal (for example Bill Clinton)
Ese – U.S., someone of Hispanic descent
Ethnic – Australia, someone whose ethnicity is not of Northern European descent or indigenous descent, someone else
EuroNazi – U.S., Europeans, referring to Europe's history of dictators, communists, nazis, and imperialism
Europhile – U.S. Any European, especially mainland Europeans, who are perceived as sexually promiscuous and overly passive
Eurotrash – U.S./U.K., 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 US foreign military intervention
Euro-spic – U.S., Someone of mixed European-Hispanic ethnicity. c/f Ponce de Leon.
Eyetie / Eye-talian – U.S., someone of Italian descent

F

Fabio – Italian person
Faj – Black person; used primarily in South African prisons by white people
Farang – Thailand, non Asian person
FBI – Boston, for "Foreign Born Irish" who immigrate and immediately take high-paying white collar jobs
Feather head – U.S., a Native American
Feuj – France, a jew (Verlan of Juif)
Fender head – U.S., an Asian
Fig newton – a white person who acts black. Opposite of Oreo
Filippa – Italy, a Filipina
Fisheyes – U.S. Asians, a white person
Fjord nigger – Alaska, an Alaskan Native of the Tlingit tribe
Flattie U.K. traveller community, someone of fixed abode
Flip – U.S., from US troops during the Philippine-American war "Fucking Little Island People"; someone of Filipino descent
Flea – 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)
Fob, FOB, F.O.B. – U.S., a recent Asian immigrant; Canada, any recent immigrant; New Zealand a Pacific Islander (from Fresh Off the Boat); Also used by US-born Samoans to refer to recent arrivals
Fog-Breather – U.S., British person
Forby – Australia, 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 – a brown person in Chinese
Franchute – Spain, a French national
Franco – French person
Frenchy – U.S., a person with French roots
Fritz – U.K. and France, a German
Frog or froggie – U.S./U.K., a French national
Frog Eater or Frog Nibbler – U.K Commonwealth & U.S., a French national
Fuckoff – France, a British youth
Fuzzy wuzzy – Australia/NZ, a Melanesian (usually Papuan or Solomon Islander)

G

Gabacho – Spain, a French national
Gabardine stroking mockey – U.S., a Jew. Jews are often stereotyped as haberdashers.
Gachupín – Central America, a Spaniard
Gadjo/gadji – Gypsy, a non-Gypsy male/female
Gaijin – Japan, any non-Japanese person (literally, "inhuman")
Gargamel – U.S., Jews. Used by those who believe Jews to be greedy and money-grubbing, like the character Gargamel from The Smurfs
Gatemaster – U.S., Jew. Used by those who believe Jews to be doomed to Hell.
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 sexual ambiguity of English males
Geechie – South Carolina & Georgia, disrespectful term for the "Gulla" - a distinct subculture/Semi-African dialect of the Negros of the coastal islands
Geek – Greek person(singular only)
Geep– U.S, an Italian (From Pinocchio's "father" Gepetto, who was Italian)
Gentile – Jewish, ancient slur for a non-Jew, though not perceived as a slur in North America. Also, U.S. Mormons, a non-Mormon
Germ Man – a German person (using the bacteria form of germ)
German candle, German oven mitt – U.S., Jews. Reference to Holocaust victims' incineration in crematoria, which are often called ovens
Ghandi – U.K. Commonwealth & U.S., a person from India
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.
Ghetto Monkey – U.S., a black person
Ghost – China (Qing Dynasty), a foreigner, esp. a Japanese person (white people were "ghosts from the seas")
Ghost – Sub-Saharan Africa, a white person
Ghostbuster – an Asian who beats up on whites.
Ghundi – A derogatory term for an Indian or South Asian (from Gandhi)
Gicho or jicho – Spain, a Gipsy (from gitano)
Gin – Australia – an Aboriginal woman
Gino – Canadian – a young man of Mediterranean descent who acts in a macho fashion
Ginzo– U.S; An Italian-American
Goatfucker – used by the late filmmaker Theo van Gogh to denote Muslims
Goat Roper – U.S. southwest & lower midwest (Oklahoma & Missouri), white people (mostly hicks and/or suburban cowboys)
Gobbler – A Turkish person (gobble = Turkey)
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 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.
Golliwog(g) – U.k. Commonwealth, a dark-skinned person, after Florence Kate Upton's children's book character
Gook – U.S. military slang since the Korean War, applied initially to Koreans and later to Vietnamese during the Vietnam War; It derives from Hanguk, the Korean name for Korea
Goomba – various groups, An Italian person
Gorilla – a big, fat black person.
Goy – Jews, a non-Jew or a Jew that does not practice Judaism; (Goy, plural goyim, is the standard Hebrew and Yiddish word for a non-Jew and is not intended to be offensive when used in those languages)
Graham Cracker – white person with dark skin
Greaser – U.S., someone of Latin American descent, esp. Mexican
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)
Greegi – Greek person
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 – Latin America and Spain: Non-Hispanic U.S. national Hence Gringolandia, the United States; Not a pejorative term, unless used in an offensive manner (of course); For Brazilians, any foreigner
Groundskeeper Willie – U.K. & North America, an unflattering term for a Scotsman (after the stereotypical character from the Simpsons cartoon)
Gubba – Australia – Aboriginal term for white people
Guido – US, someone of Italian descent (a genuine Italian first name)
Guinea – U.S., someone of Italian descent (Derives from "Guinea Negro", which came from the popular belief that Italians were part African because of their darker skin)
Gunga Din – U.K. Commonwealth, a low status/subservient term for an Indian or Pakistani
Gwailo – also spelled "gweilo"; a Cantonese term for Caucasians (Similar to the entry above for ghost)
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 – A Sinti or Roma (Not Universally Regarded as Offensive), also an Armenian

H

Habib – U.S., someone of South Asian (e.g., Indian or Pakistani) descent
Hairyback – English speaking South Africans, an Afrikaner
Hajji – an Iraqi, Arab, Muslim, or occasionally other nonwhite, used by US occupation forces; one soldier notably wrote "Hodgie killer" on his footlocker (See Hajj for non-offensive usage). Also associated with Hadji of Jonny Quest
Half-Breed – U.S., a multiracial person
Halfrican – U.S., a multiracial person of partial black descent ("half-African"); sometimes self-applied
Hankee Yankee – U.S. Asians, a white southerner
Haole – Hawai'i, whites. Considered to be extremely derogatory.
Happy Slave – U.S./U.K., an Irish immigrant
Harp – U.S., an Irishman
Heeb – U.S., a Jewish person (Short for Hebrew)
Heinz 57 - U.S., a person of indeterminate racial or national origin
Hervat – a Croatian person. From "Hrvatska", the Croatian word for croatia
Hick – U.S., rural person, generally uneducated, similar to yokel
High Yellow - U.S., a light-skinned black person (very derogatory and used by whites and blacks)
Hillbilly – U.S., a rural white person, esp. one from Appalachia
Hindoo – Australia, 19th century, Indian
Hindy – An person with Indian descent, or a person who practices Hinduism
Hok gwai – Cantonese, a black person; Literally means "dark ghost"
Hook nose – U.S., a Jew, from the stereotype of Jewish facial features.
Hooligan / Hool – Poland, troublesome soccer fans, about themselves, called kibol by others
Holy Roller – U.S., evangelical Christians
Honger – North America, a person from Hong Kong
Honky – also spelled "honkey" or "honkie", U.S. blacks, a white person (derived from "hunkie")
Hori – New Zealand, a Maori
Howlie – Hawai'i, whites. Considered to be extremely derogatory.
al-Hufa – (Arabic language: the barefoot) the West Bank, a person from the East Bank
Hymie – also spelled "heimy", U.S. blacks, a Jewish person, especially from New York City ("Hymietown")
Hun – Allies in WWI, a German soldier; also Irish nationalists, a British nationalist (See Huns for non-offensive usage)
Hungaro – Spain & Mexico, an eastern european (from the Spanish word for Hungarian)
Hungo – a person of Hungarian roots
Hunkie – U.S., someone of Hungarian descent

I

Ian – an Armenian person, since almost every Armenian has a "ian" at the end of their family name.
Ice mutant – black supremacists, a white person
Ice Nigger – a native Canadian person (e.g., Inuit, etc.)
Inbred – Referring to the stereotype that people from Appalachia have sexual intercourse with their family members.
Injun – a Native American, from "Indian"
Ireng – means black; a Malay slur for Africans or Papuans
Island Nigger – a person from any of the West Indian islands

J

Jabonee – US, Italian-American ; formerly used for someone of Japanese descent
Jack Mormon – Western U.S., an LDS-born person who has become inactive or does not abide by doctrinal principles of the Church
Jafa – a resident of Auckland New Zealand
Jap – U.S./U.K., someone of Japanese descent
Japo – U.S./U.K., someone of Japanese descent
JAP – U.S., Jewish women (Jewish American Princess)/Aust., spoilt Jewish adolescents (Jewish American Prince or Princess)
Jawa – U.S., sand people, someone of Middle Eastern descent. See also sand monkey
Jerry – UK, a German national
Jewbacca – U.S., a hairy Jew. Refers to Chewbacca from Star Wars.
Jewban – a person who is both Cuban and Jewish
Jewgaboo – US, a Jewish/Black hybrid (for example Lenny Kravitz)
Jewgene – US Northeast, esp. New York, (pronounce like Eugene) a Jewish person that acts Italian
Jewop – US, Jewish Italian
Jew Yorker – U.S., a Jew. New York City has a large Jewish population.
Jigaboo, jig – U.S., a black person (Also Referred As A Boo)
Jihadist – a Muslim
Jock – UK, Scottish person
John Chinaman – Australia, 19th century, Chinese
Jook-sing – a Westernized Asian
Jungle Bunny – U.S. whites, a black person
Jungle Fever – North America, a non-black that prefers sex with Blacks (for example - Robert DeNiro has Jungle Fever)

K

Kaffir – South African whites, a black person
Kalla / kaalu / kalia – US Indian and Pakistani, a black person. Derived from the Hindi word 'kaala' meaning black.
Kani – Iceland, an American, particularly an American serviceman, contraction of the Icelandic word "Amerikani" but sounds like the Icelandic term for Rabbit
Katsap – the Former Soviet Union, a Russian person.
Katzenfresser – Germany, term for Italians (means "cat eater")
Keling – Malaysia and Singapore, an Indian person. Very offensive.
Khokhol – the Former Soviet Union, a Ukrainian person.
Kibol – Poland, troublesome soccer fan, derogatory; comes from the neutral word kibic (sports fan)
Kike – U.S., a Jewish person. Uncertain derivation, possibly derived from the fact that, for religious reasons, illiterate Jewish immigrants would sign their name with a circle, instead of the cross or X used by illiterate immigrants of other backgrounds (Yiddish keikl="circle"). Or alternatively because of the perceived abundance of "k"s in Jewish names
Kim Chi – North America, unflattering term for a Korean, from the spicy pickled Korean cabbage known for its offensive smell
Kiwi – New Zealand nationals, derived from the fact Kiwi birds originate there. Not usually considered offensive.
Knife-nose – U.S., a Jew, from the stereotype of Jewish facial features.
Kool Smoker or Newport Smoker – U.S., black men (known for smoking strong menthol cigarettes)
Kraut – U.S./U.K., a German national
Kugel – South African whites, an affluent Jewish woman

L

Lanscaper – person from Ukraine or Poland (both of which sound like a structure of land, or something that builds land, ie.uCRANE, POLEand.)
Landscaper – U.S., a Mexican
Lapp – 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 meaning but often taken as derogatory. Used widely throughout the world without understanding of its alleged derogatory nature.
Latka – U.S., an eastern European immigrant - from the television program "Taxi"
Lebo – Australia, Lebanese. Considered highly offensive to the point of being a 'fighting word'.
Leek Eater – Commonwealth, a Welsh person (leeks are national symbols of Wales)
Leprauchaun – Irish person (usually one with red hair, pale skin, and freckles.)
Levee Rat – degrading term projected to Cajun People and people of the swamp
Lewinsky – U.S., a promiscuous Jewish woman - usually overweight and/or unattractive (also a term for fellatio)
Limey – U.S., a British national – British sailors ate limes to prevent scurvy
Long Nose – China, a person of European descent See Da Bi Zi
Loogan or Lugan – U.S., a person of Lithuanian descent
Lumbee – N. & S. Carolina, disparaging term for persons of perceived mixed Native American, Negro & European ancestry, the term Lumbee derived from town "Lumberton" in south-central North Carolina - home to a group of mixed race persons that falsely claim to be a Indian Tribe (group not recognized by Bureau of Indian Affairs). Not Nessicarily Offensive.
Lysol – Canada, a Native Canadian. Named due to Native Canadians' perceived chemical dependance about household cleaners.

M

Mac – U.S., a person of Scottish descent (from the common surname form MacXxxx)
Macaque – Belgium (French) – an Arab or a Negro; derived from macaque monkeys
Macaquito – Argentina (Spanish) – a Brazilian; derived from the Portuguese word macaco (monkey)
Mackerel snapper – Protestant North American, a Roman Catholic (reference to fish on Fridays)
Maco, Maconie – a Macedonian person (can also be spelled "Mako")
Madrasi – (India) any South Indian person.
Makak – Belgium (Dutch) – a Moroccan; derived from macaque
Maketo – Basque Country, a Spaniard
Makhla – US Indian and Pakistani, a person of Mexican origin
Mall honky – an indiscriminate white consumer.
Mammy or Mammy Woman – U.S., an unflattering term for a mature black woman - usually subservient (from the role played by Hattie McDaniel in "Gone With The Wind")
Mangia Cake – Canada – used by Italians of 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 decribe 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)
Master Race – U.K. Commonwealth & U.S., a slur towards a German or the German people (from Hitler's term for the "Aryan Race")
Mat Salleh – Malaysia and Singapore – a white person; derived from mad sailor.
Mau-Mau – U.S./U.K., a black activist
M.A.W.P – North America; Murder All White People, Used by minorites to indicate their hatred of white people.
Mayate – U.S. hispanics, a derogatory Spanish word for African Americans
Med-Wop – U.S; Any Mediterranean Person not from Italy(Greece, North Africa, Spain, South Balkans, Portugal, Malta, and Turkey).
Meeskite or Meeshkite – North America, an unattractive Jewish woman - a Yiddish term (for example, Barbra Streisand refers to herself as a Brooklyn Meeshkite)
Mehmet – (Turkish Cypriot) – a mainland Turk. Mehmet is a Turkish derivitive of Mohammed.
Mexicans – Australia. In Sydney, 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
Mick or Mickey – U.K. Commonwealth & U.S., a person of Irish descent (from the common surname form McXxxx)
Midnight – a black person (used only in singular form)
Million Dollar Nigger – Midwestern U.S., a professional athlete (the term was popularized by the Marge Schott - owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team)
Mo or Moe – U.S., a Muslim - contraction of Mohammed (not to be confused with 'Mo - a contraction of Homo/Homosexual)
Mohammedan – U.K. Commonwealth, a Muslim. Considered impolite and offensive because it would seem to imply that Muslims worship Mohammed.
Mojado – Southwestern U.S.; used primarily by Hispanic-Americans. "Mojado" is the Spanish word for wetback (an illegal immigrant from south of the border).
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 & Canada; a dark skinned or negro female (also "Molly Wog")
Mongrel – a multiracial person
Monkey – U.S., a black person
Mookie or Mook – U.S., a fool of African descent (after Spike Lee in "Do The Right Thing")
Moolie – U.S., a black person; used primarily by Italian-Americans. "Moolie" is short for mulignane, which means eggplant in the Neapolitan dialect (presumably because the eggplant is so dark that it reveals a purplish tint, similar to many blacks).
Moon Cricket – U.S., a black person
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.
Mountain Nigger – a person from Montenegro.
Mrs. Simpson Egypt, 1930s and 40s, an English woman (after the Duchess of Windsor). Intended to be highly insulting when shouted at English women in the street.
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)
Mule – U.S., a mixed race person - esp. black/white - after the hybrid of a horse & donkey
Munt – South Africa, a black person
Mutt – a multiracial person

N

Nam'er– North America , A person of Vietnamese descent
Naga – U.S., a black person (Naga stands for North American Ground Ape, used by the LAPD during the Watts riot in LA). But also see Naga.
Narrowback – U.S., a first generation Irish-American.
Natasha – India, an Uzbek prostitute working illegally in Mumbai. Turkey, Russian prostitute.
Natascha – North America, a Russian woman (from Boris & Natasha of the Bullwinkle cartoon)
Nazi – North America, Europe, etc., a German person or extremely strict authoritarian.
Nerdic – Northern European person (from Nordic)
Newf – Canada, a person from Newfoundland
Newfie – Canada, a person from Newfoundland, can be used as a term of pride
NFN – U.K., Normal for Norfolk, implying learning difficulties due to inbreeding in isolated fen communities.
Nickel nose – U.S., a Jew, from the stereotype of Jewish facial features and the stereotype of Jews as greedy.
Nigger – U.S./U.K., a black person (also "niggra", southern U.S. pronunciation; "nigga", Ebonics). Also historically used towards Native Americans, Hawai‘ians, Filipinos, Mulattoes, so-called "Melungeons", or generally any people deemed "colored" compared to "white" Anglo-Saxons. Considered to be extremely derogatory.
Nigger Knocker – U.S., A white person that has sex with a black person.
Nigger Rich – U.S., A person of any race that spends money on flashy clothes and/or cars, but not on necessities.
Niglet – A young, usually under 10-years-old, black child.
Night fighter – U.S., a black person
Nig-nog – U.K., a black person (adapted from niknok, see below)
Niknok – Netherlands, Dutch word equivalent to nigger
Ninja – U.S., a Muslim woman (like a Ninja because clad in black with only eyes showing). But also see Ninja.
Ninny – U.S., a black person (short for pickaninnie)
Nip – U.S., someone of Japanese descent (from Nippon, an Anglicization of the Japanese name for Japan)
Nish – Canada – an Aboriginal Canadian (from Anishinabe, the Ojibwa word for "Ojibwa")
Nordick – Northern European person
Nordstrom Rack – U.S. midwestern blacks, White women with breast implants (fake breasts)
North Dallas 40 – Texas blacks, White women with breast implants (fake breasts)

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
Octoroon – 19th century U.S., a person of 1/8 Black ancestry (also octoon)
Ofay – African Americans in Eastern U.S.(through early 1970s), a white person (pig Latin for 'foe' or enemy)
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. Short for "Oklahoman".
Olive Nigger – Greeks (Greece is renowned for its olives.) Is also sometimes used for southern Italians.
Opie Cunningham – U.S. blacks, a white boy (coined by Eddie Murphy to describe Ron Howard)
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 – U.K. Commonweatlh & U.S., an Asian person, considered offensive by Asians because they claim that objects (rugs, art, etc) are Oriental and people are Asian?
Osama – U.S., any Arab, turban-wearer, Muslim, Middle Easterner, South Asian or person of complexion similar to Middle Easterners or South Asians. An extremely derogatory slur. It is however an Arabic person name.
Outsider – Alaska, a person from the lower 48.
Oven dodger – Australia, a Jewish person

P

Paddy – U.K./U.S., an Irish person (from the popular Irish diminutive of "Patrick"); term is also sometimes used by Mexican-Americans – particularly in Southern California – to denote any white "Anglo", regardless of specific ethnic ancestry
Pahadi – Indian, a person living in the Himalayan foothills.
Papist – Protestants, a Roman Catholic person - usually Irish Catholic
Pakeha – Maori, a New Zealander of European descent (not necessarily widely-regarded as offensive)
Paki – U.K. and Canada, a Pakistani or other South Asian (regarded as offensive)
Palongi – Tongan, a White person (short for Papalongi).
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 – Canada – a French-Canadian
Peckerwood – U.S., a white person, especially Southern whites
Pedigreed – U.S., racially & ethnically pure WASP
Pepsi or pepper – Anglophone Canadian, a 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)
Perker; Denmark, anyone of Arabic descent (regarded as offensive, but slowly becoming more acceptable in certain circles)
Perp – U.S., a black person - short for perpetrator (criminal suspect)
Pickaninnie, pickaninny – U.K./U.S., black child
Pilgrim – African Americans in Eastern U.S.(currently in use), a white person
Pied Noir – French for "Black Feet", A Moroccan, Algerian or other North African
Piney – U.S. (New Jersey), a poor white person living in the sandy, coastal pine forests known as the Pine Barrens. Usually living in substandard housing or trailers in areas often hit by forest fires. An inferior form of white trash.
Pinko – Japan, a Russian person; also, US/Canada, social democrat
Player Hater – U.S. Blacks, the white man
Pocho – Mexican Spanish word for a person born in Mexico living in the United States, usually illegally (See Mojado, Wetback)
Polack or Polock – U.S., a person of Polish descent. German, Pole. Ironically, the word for "Pole" in the Polish language is "Polak".
Polaco, – Spain, a Catalan (literally "pole")
Polar Bear – a big, fat, white person
Pole Humper – a Polish person
Pom, Pohm, Pommy – Australia/New Zealand/South Africa, a British national. The acronym P.O.H.M. supposedly stands for "Prisoner of Her Majesty" (although there are many other theories about the term's origin). It is often used affectionately and is not usually considered offensive. Many English 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 whinging pom, a reference to British migrants who complained about their adopted country.
Pongo – U.K., a black person
Popolo – Hawaii, a black person
Porch Honky – U.S., lazy white person
Porch Monkey – U.S., a black person
Pork Chop – U.S./Canada, a Portuguese person
Portagee – Eastern U.S., a person of Portuguese origin
Potato – Canada, 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 – UK & North America, an Irish person or a person of Irish descent
Prairie Nigger – U.S. and Canada as of late: a Native American or Native Canadian (Indian). Held to be in very poor taste if used around these people.
Previously Owned American – US - American black of slave descent.
Prod – Scotland/Northern Ireland/Ireland, a Protestant
Proddy, Proddy dog – Australian Catholics (particularly school kids), term for Protestants, particularly rival kids from Protestant schools.
Psy – Poland, offensive for "police" (meaning dogs); earlier not universally recognised in all regions of Poland, popularised by the movie Psy
Punjab / Punjabi – U.S. - Refering to people of Indian descent
Push Start – U.S., someone of South Asian descent (from the Hindu practice of wearing bindis)

Q

Quadroon – 19th century U.S., a person of 1/4 Black ancestry. Now obsolete.
Quaker – a white person
Queue Jumper – Australia, illegal migrant
Quickie Mart – U.S., a convenience store operated by a person from Southwest Asia or the Subcontinent (from the Simpsons - see Apu)
Quintroon – 19th century U.S., a person of 1/16 Black ancestry. Now obsolete.

R

Rabbit – U.S., a black person, said to have rabbit blood because of perception of high reproductive rates (see Jungle Bunny)
Raghead – U.S., someone of Middle Eastern descent. U.K., a Sikh, or any East Indian.
Raisinette – U.S., a child born of a black-white, mixed race relationship.
Raton – France, a North African Muslim (from the French augmentative for "rat")
Ravo – Launceston, Tasmania, a bogan from the suburb of Ravenswood.
Red Bone – black person with light skin, similar to High Yellow
Red Fella – Russian person
Redneck – U.S., an rural, unrefined white person (esp. a person from a southern or appalachian state)
Red Sea Pedestrian – A Jewish person. Refers to the parting of the Red Sea by Moses.
Redskin – now obsolete, a Native American
Rhineland Bastard – Nazi Germany, children of mixed African and German parentage.
Ricain – France, an American
Rican – U.S., a Puerto Rican
Rice King/Queen – A white person who dates Asians.
Rice Nigger – Asians
Rice Picker – a Filipino, Viet, Cambodian, or any other south-east Asian.
Ritz Cracker – U.S., a rich Caucasian man or woman
Roast Beef or rosbif – France, a British person
Rock Ape – U.K./Australia, a black person (although it can also have non-ethnic meanings, such as a member of the RAF Regiment)
Rock Spider – English-speaking South Africans, an Afrikaner (although in Australia, rock spider means child molester)
Rooinek – Afrikaners, an English speaking South African
Rootless Cosmopolitan (Russian: bezrodnyj kosmopolit) – Soviet Union (late Stalin era, 1948-1953), a Jew
Round Eye – Asia, 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 – U.S., a Russian national
Ryssä – Finland, a derogatory word for a Russian national. Also used as a verb, "ryssiä", to foul up

S

Sambo – U.K. Commonwealth & U.S., a black person
Sand Monkey – U.S., someone of Middle Eastern descent
Sand Nazi – U.S./Israel, someone of Middle Eastern descent
Sand Nigger – U.S./Israel, someone of Middle Eastern descent
Sapphire – U.S., an attractive black woman (from the Amos & Andy shows)
Satan – Islamic world - esp. Iran, an American - by extension the United States is called "The Great Satan"
Scarecrow - U.S., a black person who skis
Schemie - U.K., someone who lives in a Housing Scheme, i.e. a slum. Scottish in origin.
Schwartzer - Germany & North America (especially among American Jews), a black person
Scheister – See "shyster".
Schwoogie - US Northeast, esp. New York, a black person
Scotch - U.K. Commonwealth & US, a derisive term for Scots
Scuro – used by certain Italo-Canadians to refer to a black person ("scuro" is Italian for "dark")
Sea Kaffir - South African Whites, person of Portuguese descent
Sephardi – International Ashkenazi Jewry, any non-Ashkenazi Jew. Not inherently vulgar nor derogatory, but considered ignorant when used towards true non-Sephardi Jews, particularly when referring to Mizrahi Jews. However, many Mizrahi Jews in modern Israel colloquially call themselves "Sephardi" anyway.
Seppo – Australia/U.K., an American (from septic tank, rhyming slang for yank)
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)
Shegetz or Shagetz; Jews, a young non-Jewish man
Sheeny – a Jew
Sheepfucker, Sheepscrewer, Sheepshagger and other variations on this theme – England, a Welshman; Australia, a New Zealander; USA, a Scot; etc.)
Sheila – Australia/New Zealand, women, girls. Commonly used by men when speaking about females in general. "Hey mate, are there going to be sheila's at your party?"
Shiksa - used as a disparaging term for a non-Jewish girl or woman
Shina – a Japanese term for "China" that most Chinese people find deeply offensive, while some Japanese people disagree
Shit-Kicker – U.S., a white person from the southwest or lower midwest (example: Missouri & Oklahoma)
Shylock – U.S., U.K., a Jew. From the Jewish character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Shyster – U.K. Commonwealth & U.S., originally a Jew - believed by some to be derived from the character Shylock from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice". Believed by others to be derived from the German term scheisser, meaning literally “one who defecates,” the German equivalent of "bastard" and "son of a bitch." Today, "shyster" is a derogatory reference to lawyers and politicians, especially those of questionable ethics, regardless of their ethnic origin
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.
Silverback – U.S., a large physically imposing black man - sometimes middle-aged
Šiptar – Serbia and Montenegro: Albanian. The word comes from Albanian language shqiptar which means "Albanian". Nonetheless, some Albanians claim that it is insultive to them and prefer to be called Albanac (an Albanian); other prefer the opposite. Some Serbian nationalist insist on using this term to distinguish Serbian Albanians from Albanian Albanians, yet others insist on using Albanac to stress Albanian immigration from Albania.
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 – Australian – a white Australian of British descent – 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)
Skunk – U.S., someone of Middle Eastern descent
Slant-Eye, Slit-Eye also Slant – U.K. Commonwealth & U.S., a person of Asian descent
Slant-Slash – North America, an Asian woman
Slapface or Slaphead – North America, an Asian
Slapped A Yamulke – U.S., a person with stereotypical Jewish facial features, from "slapped with a yamulke" 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 – U.S., Russian, ie. person of Slavic heritage
Slope also Slope Head – U.S., a person of Asian descent
Snip-cock – 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 – U.S. blacks, a white person
Snowman – U.S. blacks, white person
Snow Mexican – U.S., An eskimo, from a stand-up comedy routine by Dave Attell
Snowplow – U.S., a black man's nose
Sons of Heaven – Australia, 19th century, Chinese
Soviet or Serviette – U.K., a person from Russia. Also a table napkin in U.K.
Space Ghost – U.S. Asians, A white person perceived to have limited mental capacity. From a superhero character.
Spade – North America, a black person (from the black spades on playing cards)
Spaghetti-Bender – U.S., Italian
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".
Spook – U.S. whites, a black person
Spear-Chucker – U.S. whites, a black person (also a black doctor from M*A*S*H)
Spudfucker, Spudlover, Spud-Eater, etc. North America, an Irish person (from the Irish staple, potatoes)
Spyski U.S., a person defected from Soviet Russia
Squarehead – U.S. upper midwest, A German or a Norwegian
Stani – a person from central asia with the country's name ending in "Stan" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc.)
Steppin' Fetchit – North America, a buffoon of African descent, also a film actor of the early 20th-century
Subhuman & Sub-Human – translation from German, their term for Jews, Gypsies, Negroes and other non-Aryans
Sudaca – Spain, a Latin American, a play on sudamericano and sudar (to sweat)
Suicide Bomber – a Muslim Person
Surrender Monkey – U.S., a French person
Sushi-Chugger – U.S., a Caucasian American who likes to partake in oral sex with Japanese girls
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 term projected to Cajun people and people of the swamp.

T

Taffy – U.K., a Welsh person. From the Taff River or the name Dafydd. Children's rhyme: "Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief."
Taig – Northern Ireland Protestants, a Catholic
Tar Baby – U.S., a black child
Tartar, Tar-Tar – U.K. & Canada, a Russian, from an offensive mispelling of "Tatar".
Teco – Mexican – 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.
Tête carrée – Canada – a Canadian of British descent ("square head", used by French-Canadians)
Terrone – Northern Italy, roughly translates to "dirt", used for Sicilians and Southern Italians
Terrorist – a person from the Middle East, sometimes is used for a person from south eastern europe.
Terrier – U.S., an Irish laborer
Thanksgiving – U.S., a person of Turkish descent. Used solely as an adjective. E.g., "Thanksgiving Muther-fucker".
Tommy – German, Used for the British in WW2
Tonto – U.S., a Native American (refers to the sidekick on "The Lone Ranger")
Toubab – France, an ethnically-French French person ("français de souche"), used by French of other backgrounds; the word comes from the Wolof language of Senegal
Toucan Sam – U.S., a Jew. The large protruding beak of the toucan resembles the stereotype of the 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.
Turban Cowboy – U.S. Southwest, a Middle Easterner or Muslim trying to assimilate into the local community
Turkish Love Slave – Armenian
Trailer trash – U.S., a rural white person living in a trailer park; cf. white trash
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. – Eastern European (from Third-World-European) For short, "Tweety" is used.
Twinkie – U.S./Canada, 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.

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Ukie – Ukrainian. Also used by Ukrainians as an ironic term of endearment
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 Tonoose" &ndash ; Arab-Americans, a "sellout" (derived from "Uncle Tom" and from the name of a stereotypical character on a 1950s television show)
Unevolved – U.K. & U.S., unflattering term for blacks - based on reasoning that they are the last race to leave Africa (birthplace of human species)

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Vichy – U.K. Commonwealth & U.S., a term of derision for the French (based on the term Vichy France - for Nazi Occupied France in WWII - noted for quick defeat & later 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
Vodka Pisser – North America, Russian person
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.

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Wagonburner – Canada, for native Canadians
Walpeople – U.S., working-class whites, from perceived class of shoppers at Wal-Mart.
Wap – U.S., a white person who "acts" Japanese, by analogy to wigger.
Wasp – White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Offensiveness questionable as many "wasps" self-identify as such (originated as shorthand term in sociology)
Watermelon or Watermelon Eater – North America, black people
Welfare Monkey – U.S., a black person
Wetback, wetter – U.S., an illegal Mexican immigrant (presumably having swum across the Rio Grande),
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)
White boy – U.S., any white
White-bread – middle-class white person
White Cracker – U.S., a white person
White Devil – U.S., (originated with Nation of Islam) a white person
White Negro – US/UK, an Irish immigrant
White Nigger – Southern US, an unrefined white person - see White Trash
White Out – a bunch of white people (also a term for a severe snow storm)
White trash, also poor white trash – U.S., an unrefined white person - usually poorly educated
Whitey – U.S., a white person
Whopper – Denmark, an American tourist - usually overweight, called after the popular hamburger
Wigger or Whigger – U.S./U.K., a white person who "acts" black
Wiglet – U.S., a teenage or younger white person who is perceived to "act black"
Windchime – U.S., a black person (windchimes are hung out in the open) cf. apple
Wodka or Wadka – North America, a Russian (based on their pronounciation of Vodka)
Wog – U.K., a dark-skinned national of a Colonial British colony; also Australia, an aborigine, or Mediterranean-European (especially Greek or Italian) person (or any foreigner). From the term "Gollywog". In Australia the term, once very 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. In the UK it is sometimes said in jest that "the wogs begin at Calais" - the origin of this phrase is unclear.
Wog Officer – U.K. Commonwealth Military, a gentleman of any race assigned to low prestige, noncombatant duties (supply, admin, maintenance, messing, etc.)
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., an Italian-American (especially immigrants); 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)
Wrap head – a person who wears a turban.

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Xarnego or charnego – Catalonia, an immigrant from the rest of Spain, especially, Andalusia or Extremadura.

Y

Yahoodi – U.S., Jew. From the Arabic.
Yank/Yankee – Originally used by the New York Dutch to refer to the English (Jan Kees means "John Cheese" in Dutch), 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. Outside the U.S., it means any American, as in "Yankee go home." Spelled "Yanqui" in Spanish. "Yankee" also is a signalling code for the letter Y.
Yankee Doodle, Americans
Yard Ape – U.S., a black person; cf. porch monkey
Yellow Dog – U.S. Elite Southern whites, a term for southern whites of limited education (from the quote - "would vote for a yellow dog")
Yellow Fever – North America, a non-Asian that prefers sex with Asians
Yellow Menace – U.S. white students, Asian students with high test scores
Yellow Peril – Australia/New Zealand, an Asian immigrant
Yellowman – Asian people
Yenta – North America, an annoying gossipy Jewish woman - a Yiddish term
Yid – U.S., U.K., 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.
Yo-Yo – U.S., a black person (yo-yos hang from strings) cf. windchime
Yuca – 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 – a Yugoslav person (from the car "Yugo" which was cheap and broke down easily)

Z

Zerg – U.S., Korean (short for "KEKE~LA")
Zig – U.S., a black person (short for zigaboo)
Zigeuner – German term for Gypsies, at times seen as pejorative or at least politically incorrect
Zip – an Italian immigrant who is fresh of the boat.
Zhid – Russia and ex-USSR, a Jewish person (a Polish word for a Jew turned slur in Russian language)
Zionist – U.S., Europe, South America, from Zionism, for a Jew..
Zipperflaps – Canada, generalization, an Asian person
Zipperhead – U.S., a Chinese person
Zebra – a partly white, partly black person
ZOG – U.S., Jews. See Zionist Occupied Government.
Zupfer – (pronounce: tsoopfah, meaning "plucker" in German) American, especially American soldier, in Lower Franconia, Germany

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