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This is a list of common American and British Commonwealth words and phrases based on racial, ethnic, religious, regional or other stereotypes. A majority of these are considered universally offensive. // Definition and linguistics The original phrase common wealth or the common weal is a calque translation of the Latin term res publica (public matters), from which the word republic comes, which was itself used as a synonym for the greek politeia as well as for the republican (i. ...
Stereotypes are considered to be a group concept, held by one social group about another. ...
Asian - Driving While Asian, suggests asians cannot drive well.
- Model Minority, term for overachieving asians
- Mongoloid, since people with the disability Down syndrome often share these traits, the term "Mongoloid" was once also used as a synonym for "retarded". This usage, once neutral, is now considered offensive.
Cover of Newsweek featuring an article on the success of Asian American students Model minority refers to a stereotype in which memebers of a minority ethnic, racial, or religious group are perceived as achieving a higher degree of success than the population average. ...
Representation of Genghis Khan and soldiers; this portrayal depicts steppe riders who have Northern Asiatic physical features, resembling that of North or Central Asians, and Koreans. ...
Chinese - Chinaman's chance, having no chance at all.
- Chinese Ace, a term used during World War I to describe an Allied pilot who shot down Allied planes.
- Chinese compliment, pretending to acknowledge the opinions of others, while going forward with an already made decision.
- Chinese copy, a duplicate that replicates something perfectly, including errors.
- Chinese fire drill, practical joke where all occupants of a vehicle get out and change seats at a stoplight.
- Chinese whispers, a children's game in which a phrase or sentence is passed on from one player to another, but is subtly altered in transit.
- Slow left-arm Chinaman, SLC, a cricket term
- Harder than Chinese Algebra, something very difficult, or a pun term for an erection.
- Chinese farmer, A player in MMORPG's who does nothing but play to aquire game items to sell on Ebay.
A Chinamans chance originated from the early 1800s where Chinese migrant workers in the United States of America was sent into mines to ignite dynamites. ...
A Chinese fire drill is a dangerous prank, or perhaps just an expression of high spirits, popular in the United States during the 1960s. ...
The telephone game, also known as Chinese whispers, is a game often played by children at parties or in the playground in which a phrase or sentence is passed on from one player to another, but is subtly altered in transit. ...
In cricket, left-arm unorthodox spin – often known as slow left-arm Chinaman and abbreviated to SLC – is a style of bowling. ...
Chinese farmer is a generic term in many MMORPG genre games which most often refers to a player who collects virtual items or money, which he would then sell to a larger company that will later sell it for a profit. ...
Dutch - Dutch, trouble (e.g. "He got into some Dutch"); also fake or phony (e.g. "Dutch treat").
- Dutch act, suicide.
- Dutch bargain, made when both parties are drinking.
- Dutch brick, an inferior type of building material used in Africa.
- Dutch courage, drunken bravery.
- Dutch feast, a drinking party.
- Dutch fuck, lighting a cigarette with another lit cigarette to save the extra match.
- Dutch oven, name for a practical joke played on bedmates by restraining them under the covers after you have passed gas.
- Going Dutch or 'Dutch treat', when all parties pay their own way at a bar, restaurant, etc.
- Dutch uncle, a man who chides you, or treats you patronizingly.
- Dutch widow, a prostitute.
- Dutch wife, a prostitute.
Dutch bricks are building-blocks made, not of brick, but of a mixture of concrete, sand and soil. ...
The phrase Dutch courage is a slang term for courage gained from intoxication by alcohol. ...
Dutch oven from the 1890s Note the evidence of ashes on the lid. ...
Going Dutch is a slang term that means that each person eating at a restaurant or paying admission for entertainment pays for himself or herself, rather than one person paying for everyone. ...
Dutch uncle is a term for a person who sternly lectures, comments or criticizes with unsparing severity and blunt frankness, to educate, encourage or admonish someone, often with benevolent intent, as though an elder relative or uncle. ...
A Dutch wife is a long body-length pillow that can be held or wrapped around ones body while sleeping. ...
French - French advance, military term for a retreat.
- French kiss (not offensive - there is a French verb frencher meaning this type of kiss)
- French leave, to go AWOL or disappear stealthily, presumably retaliatory for French filer à l'anglaise.
- French letter, condom (c.f. the French 'la capote anglaise', also meaning condom).
- French style, oral sex.
French kissing in public, New Orleans Mardi Gras. ...
The term refers to leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. ...
A standard latex condom still rolled up This article is about the contraceptive device. ...
Greek Anal sex or anal intercourse is human sexual behavior involving the anus and rectum, especially, but not limited to, the insertion of the erect penis into the anus. ...
Roman men having anal sex. ...
Irish - Irish beauty, a woman with black eyes.
- Irish confetti, a thrown or tossed stone or brick
- Irish it up (i.e. put liquor into a beverage), alludes to the stereotype of the hard-drinking Irish.
- Irish twins, two siblings born within the same year (9 to 12 months apart) based on the stereotype that the Irish had/have too many children.
- get your Irish up (to lose one's temper), suggests that the Irish have difficulty with self control, often used in the phrase "Don't get your Irish up!"
- Luck of the Irish, having no luck at all.
- Luck of the Irish, or considered very lucky, always landing on one's feet.
- Paddywagon, based on the stereotype that most cops and/or criminals were Irish in the 19th century.
This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
Irish twins is a American slang term that refers to siblings born 9 to 12 months apart - usually in the same calendar year, or who are in the same grade in school. ...
A paddywagon is a vehicle used by police to transport large groups of people who have been arrested. ...
Italian - Italian Sausage, a slang term for the penis
- Meatball, term for a stereotypical Italian-American male
- Pizza face, term for severe acne
- Roman hands, suggests that Italian men tend to grope women
- Roman nose, a long and pronounced proboscis
- Spaghetti Western, term for a western film with an Italian director
A meatball is a generally spherical mass of minced meat and other ingredients, such as bread or breadcrumbs, minced onion, various spices or eggs, usually fried in a pan or baked in an oven. ...
In general, a proboscis (from Greek pro before and baskein to feed) is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal. ...
Spaghetti Westerns is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ...
Japanese - Hara-Kiri, in North America and Europe this is a metaphor for "professional suicide" or intentional social disgrace. This metaphor is based on a Japanese term for ritual suicide by disembowelment. The Japanese prefer the word "Seppuku" (切腹 lit."stomach-cutting" or "belly slicing") rather than "hara-kiri" (腹切り) which is considered a colloquial and somewhat vulgar term. The western expression "Fell on his Sword" is another term for professional embarrassment or professional suicide.
- Japanese Agreement, term for supposed business agreements made with the Japanese that don't pan out, to appear conciliatory and polite Japanese businessmen agree to many things with Westerners during business meetings - but fail to follow through.
- Jap crap, Japanese-made motorcycles and cars, originally smaller and lighter than their American counterparts, and therefore presumably inferior.
- Jap Play, an American Football term for an unexpected play or manuever, alludes to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Term used publicly by the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in 2004.
- Jap Slap, a sudden, seemingly unprovoked slapping of the face.
- Kamikaze, an attack on others that ends up destroying one's self (from the Japanese practice in WWII).
- Turning Japanese, a term for excessive masturbation, based on the perception that men make a face where they squint their eyes and curl their lips to expose the upper incisors (resembling the stereotypical image of a Japanese).
Seppuku with ritual attire and second (staged) General Akashi Gidayu preparing to commit Seppuku after losing a battle for his master in 1582. ...
United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ...
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A kamikaze, a Mitsubishi Zero in this case, about to hit the USS Missouri. ...
The Vapors were a New Wave band from England that existed between 1979 and 1981. ...
Jewish/Jew - Jew Down, negotiate a better price (from the stereotype that Jews never pay retail).
- Jew someone out of something, to cheat them
- Jewish lightning, deliberately burning your house down to claim on the insurance.
Mexican - Mexican chrome, silver or metallic colored paint used to give an object the appearance of a chrome finish, typically used on car parts such as bumpers and wheels.
- Mexican Doorbell, parking or pulling up in front of someone's residence and honking instead of getting out and ringing the doorbell or knocking to announce one's arrival. Also called "Mexican cellphone".
- Mexican overdrive, coasting downhill in an automobile with the engine turned off.
- Mexican standoff, generic term for a no-win situation
- Mexican Swim Team, a group of illegal immigrants.
- Montezuma's Revenge, Diarrhea from visiting Mexico, or from eating Mexican food in other countries.
For information on the U.S. borough, see Paint, Pennsylvania. ...
Chrome may refer to: Chrome is a song from Debbie Harrys debut solo album Koo Koo. ...
A Mexican standoff is a slang term for a situation where two or more opponents have guns aimed directly at each other in a circular way, so that none can attack another without being shot themselves by a third party. ...
Montezumas Revenge (var. ...
Mexican cuisine is a style of food that originated in Mexico. ...
Negro - African engineering, (also Afro-engineering), a euphemism for nigger-rigging (see below).
- Nigger chaser, term for a low yield firework that flys/bounces close to the ground and whistles until it pops.
- Nigger-rigged, described improvised or poorly-done work. The phrase jury-rigged (also spelt jerry-rigged) is sometimes substituted.
- Nigger toes, a pejorative term for Brazil nuts based on their resemblance to black toes.
- Nigger knob, a knob on a steering wheel.
- Nigger Knock, a term for the prank of knocking on someones door then running away, also refers to using an automobile horn to announce one's arrival (similar to "Mexican Knock" or "Mexican cellphone").
- Nigger knocker, term for a blunt instrument such as a stick or bat, used to beat black people. Sometimes a slang term for a policeman's billy club.
- Nigger stompers, tall, laced-up black military boots, named so because for their popularity with White Supremacist gangs
This is a list of common American and British Commonwealth words and phrases based on racial, ethnic, religious, regional or other stereotypes. ...
On sailing ships, the jury rig is a replacement mast and yards improvised in case of loss of the original mast. ...
Binomial name Bertholletia excelsa Humb. ...
White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ...
Polish - Polish roulette, just like Russian roulette but played with an automatic pistol instead of a revolver.
- Polish shower, to use spray on deodorant without washing first.
Roma - Gyp (verb), to cheat
- Gyp (noun), hassle or inconvenience
- Gyp, early 20th century Cambridge University slang for a college cleaner; now survives only in the phrase gyp room, meaning a small kitchen for use by students in college
The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ...
The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ...
The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ...
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Russian - Russian Roulette, a "game" played with a loaded revolver; Soviet roulette--a rigged game of Russian roulette
- Russian sex, stimulation of the penis between the breasts
Russian roulette is the practice of placing one round in a revolver, spinning the cylinder and closing it into the firearm without looking, aiming the revolver at ones own head in a suicidal fashion, and pulling the trigger. ...
Spanish - Spanish Fly, a spurious aphrodisiac given to a woman covertly and usually without her consent.
Binomial name Lytta vesicatoria Linnaeus, 1758 The Spanish fly is an emerald-green beetle Lytta vesicatoria, (from Greek lytta = rage and Latin vesica = blister) in the family Meloidae. ...
United Kingdom - Croydon facelift, a severe hairstyle
- English Teeth, a stereotype of poor dental hygiene and lack of dental care
- London Bridge, a pun based on the alleged poor state of English dentistry - "Bridge" as in dental prosthesis.
- Scottish kiss, a head butt
- Welsh, (verb) from the term for a native of Wales, meaning 'to renege' or fail to pay a debt; hence Welsher or Welcher, an act of reneging
- Welsh Rarebit, term for a virgin from Cardiff - this is considered a "rare bit" indeed. (Term suggests Welsh women are promiscuous.)
In English slang, a Croydon facelift (sometimes Essex facelift, Council facelift or, on Merseyside, Scrawped) is a particular hairstyle worn by young women. ...
The current London Bridge, viewed from the south-west London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, between the City of London and Southwark. ...
A Scottish kiss (sometimes also called a Glasgow kiss) is a British slang term for a headbutt. ...
National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS 1...
Welsh rabbit is a snack dish, also known as toasted cheese, Cheese on Toast or Welsh rarebit. ...
The Norman Keep, Cardiff Castle Aerial view of the Millennium Stadium The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay The Cardiff Indoor Market Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ...
White - Red-headed Stepchild, a child who is obviously not your own, a child who is treated worse than other children in the family (for example "I beat him like a Red-headed Stepchild').
- White slavery, kidnapping whites for sexual slavery
- White Trash, a term of insult to uncouth Caucasians.
- Free, white and 21, (and therefore can do what one wants)
- Mighty 'white' of you, sarcastic African-American expression meaning 'that's big of you' see Play the White Man, below.
- Play the white man
White slavery is a term that was originally used in the 19th century to denote the enslavement to wage labor experienced by workers in industrializing Britain. ...
White trash is an American ethnic slur or racial epithet usually used to describe certain low income persons of European descent, especially those perceived as having crude manners, abnormally low moral standards, and lack of education. ...
Play the white man is a racist term used in parts of England meaning to be decent and trustworthy in ones actions. ...
Assorted - Bronx cheer
- Bubba Vote
- Canadian Tuxedo, blue jean shirt, pants, and jacket.
- Cry like a girl
- Eskimo kiss, rubbing noses (not generally considered offensive).
- Finlandization
- Holy Roller highly religious person (also Bible thumper, the term is often used in an offensive manner by someone who is non-religious.
- Indian giver to take back an item that was a gift.
- Missouri Compromise, a mullet
- New York snowball, a snowball with a brick or chunk of something hard hidden in the middle.
- Puerto Rican blond, badly dyed hair, or a woman with the same.
- Sherpa sex, anal sex.
- Spanish sex, see "Russian Sex" above
- Southern hospitality
- Texas tux, usually jeans, cowboy boots and hat substituted for the corresponding articles of a regular tuxedo.
- Throw like a girl
- Yankee ingenuity
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The Bubba Vote is a term associated with rural, southern US voters which plays on the hillbilly and redneck stereotypes of the deep-south. ...
A Canadian Tuxedo is an especially fashionable outfit consisting of a denim jacket and denim jeans. ...
Eskimo kissing, named for its prevalence among the Inuit, consists of two people rubbing noses together. ...
Holy Roller is a derogatory term for ritualistic protestants prone to shaking (Shakers), quaking (Quakers), rolling on the floor, suffering from fits or speaking in tongues (Pentecostals) during worship or prayer. ...
Many political epithets are obtained by joining an otherwise neutral description of a political movement or group with a pejorative term questioning the groupss sanity or motives, or associating the group with hated political movements or leaders of the past. ...
The term Indian giver is an expression used for any individual who gives something and then takes it back. ...
A sampling of snowballs. ...
Mammary intercourse is a form of outercourse. ...
Southern hospitality is a phrase used to describe the idea that residents of the Southeastern United States are particularly warm and welcoming to visitors to their homes, or to the South in general. ...
Yankee ingenuity is a reference to the self-reliance of early colonial settlers of New England. ...
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