The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used in English language as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or downright insulting and racist manner in the English-speaking world. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with pejoration. ...

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See also alphabetical List of ethnic slurs. A slur can be anything from an insinuation or critical remark to an insult. ...

Broader ethnic categories

African descent

Alligator bait 

(U.S.) also "Gator Bait." A black person, especially a black child. More commonly used in states where alligators are found — particularly Florida. First used in the early 1900s^[clarify], although some hypothesize the term originated in the late 1800s^[clarify].^[1] (The phrase may have lost any racial connotation at all among fans of the Florida Gators, for whom it simply means "a rival team who loses or will lose to the Gators.)

Alabama porch monkey 

A black Male

Ann 

A white woman to a black person — or a black woman who acts too much like a white one. While Miss Ann, also just plain Ann, is a derisive reference to the white woman, by extension it is applied to any black woman who puts on airs and tries to act like Miss Ann.^[2]

Ape 

(U.S.) a black person.^[3]

Aunt Jemima / Aunt Jane / Aunt Mary / Aunt Sally / Aunt Thomasina 

(U.S. Blacks) a black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout", female counterpart of Uncle Tom.^[4]

Boogie 

a black person. Referring to "Boogie Woogie" form of jazz? Could come from W. African "Buuker" or "Buckra", meaning "Devil", "Boogie man" or "White Man". Turned around and used against Blacks by Whites.^[5]

Buffie 

a black person.^[6]

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b. (U.S. black) a young, brown-skinned person 1940s–1950s^[7]

Bush Boogie 

a black person. Derived from alleged jungle origins.^[8]

Colored 

(U.S.) a Black person. Now typically considered disrespectful, this word was more acceptable in the past. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for example, continues to use its full name unapologetically. Some black Americans have reclaimed this word and softened it in the expression "a person of color".

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)^[9]

Coon 

(AUS, U.S. & U.K) a black person. Possibly from Portuguese barracoos, a building constructed to hold slaves for sale. (1837).^[10]

Crow 

a black person,^[11] spec. a black woman.

Gable 

a black person.^[6]

Golliwogg 

(UK Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, after Florence Kate Upton's children's book character ^[12]

Jigaboo, jiggabo, jijjiboo, zigabo, jig, jigg, jiggy, jigga 

(U.S. & UK) a black person (JB) with stereotypical black features (dark skin, wide nose, etc.).^[13]

Jim Crow 

(U.S.) a black person; also the name for the segregation laws prevalent in much of the United States until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.^[14]

Jim Fish 

(South Africa) a black person^[15]

Jungle Bunny 

(U.S.) a black person. Jungle is referred to their jungle origins and bunny is referred to some people saying that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people. ^[16]

Kaffir, kaffer, kaffir, kafir, kaffre 

(South Africa) a. a black person. Very offensive. Usage: Kaffir Boy was a famous autobiographical book by Mark Mathabane about his childhood in South Africa. (The South African Consul General in Lethal Weapon 2 calls Danny Glover a kaffir and Mel Gibson a 'kaffir lover'.) b. also caffer or caffre: a non-Muslim. c. a member of a people inhabiting the Hindu Kush mountains of north-east Afghanistan. Origin is from the Arab word kafir meaning 'infidel' used in the early Arab trading posts in Africa. The term passed into modern usage through the British, who used the term to refer to the mixed groupings of people displaced by Shaka when he organized the Zulu nation. These groups (consisting of Mzilikaze, Matiwani, Mantatisi, Flingoe, Hottentot, and Xhosa peoples inhabited the region from the Cape of Good Hope to the Limpopo river) fought the British in the Kaffir Wars 1846–1848, 1850–1852, and 1877–1878.)^[17][18] See also Kaffir (Historical usage in southern Africa)

Leroy, LeRoy, Leeroy, LeeRoy 

Given name allegedly common among black people.

Macaca 

Epithet used to describe a Negro (originally) or a person of North-African origin (more recently). Came to public attention in 2006 when U.S. Senator George Allen infamously used it to refer to one of Jim Webb's volunteers, S. R. Sidarth, when he said, "This fellow here, over here with the yellow shirt, macaca, or whatever his name is." ^[19]

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^[20]

Monkey 

(UK) a black person.^[21]

Mosshead 

a black person.^[6]

Mouley 

a black person (often used by person of Italian decent)

Munt 

(among whites in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia) a black person from muntu, the singular of Bantu^[22]

Mustard seed 

(U.S.) a light-skinned person with one white and one black parent^[23]

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Nego / negão / negalháda 

(Brazil)

Nig-nog or Nig Jig 

(UK & U.S.) a black person.^[24]

Nigger / nigra / nigga / niggah / nigguh / nigglet 

(U.S., UK) a black person. From the word negro which means the color black in numerous languages. Diminutive appellations include "Nigg", "Nigz". The terms "Nigga" and "Niggaz" (plural) are frequently used between African-Americans without the negative associations of "Nigger."

Nigger baby 

(U.S. Military) obsolete: a type of large cannonball [first used in the 1870s]^[25]

Niggerhead 

1.)an isolated coral head: these are often a navigation hazard in coral reef areas. Also called a bommie. 2.) a species of tobacco plant (appears in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn").

Nigger Knife 

A broken bottle.

Nigger shooter 

a slingshot^[26]

Niglet 

A young black kid.

Nigra / negra / niggra / nigrah / nigruh 

(U.S.) offensive for a black person [first used in the early 1900s]^[27]

Nigre 

(Caribbean)

Pint of Guinness / Mr. Guinness etc. 

A black person with white or very fair hair, so called due to the drink Guinness, which has a black body and a white head.

Powder burn 

a black person.^[6]

Porch Monkey 

A black person. However, in recent years, a large scale effort has began to reclaim the term for its original use; referring to anyone (especially a small child) who spends large amounts of time on their porch.

Chigger

A combination of a chink and a nigger

Puddle Jumper 

black person

Quashie 

a black person.^[6]

Sambo 

(U.S.) a derogatory term for an African American, Black, or sometimes a South Asian person.^[28][29]

Smoked Irish / smoked Irishman 

(U.S.) 19th century term for Blacks (intended to insult both Blacks and Irish).^[6]

Sooty 

a black person [originated in the U.S. in the 1950s]^[30]

Spade 

(U.S.) a black person

Spear Chucker 

(U.S.) a black person

Tar baby 

(UK; U.S.; and N.Z.) a black child.^[31] See Tar baby.

Teapot 

(British) a black person. [1800s]^[32]

Thicklips 

a black person.^[6]

Uncle Tom 

(U.S. minorities) term for an African-American, Latino, or Asian who panders to white people; a "sellout" (from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.)

Zebra 

(U.S.) an often self-referential or affectionate term applied those with parents of mixed race, specifically black and white. The term was further popularized by the 1992 film Zebrahead.

nappy head

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Indian descent

ABCD 

(East Indians in U.S.) "American-Born Confused Desi" used for American-born South Asians (mainly Indians as Indians are by far the largest number of "South Asians" not only in USA but also in the world) who are confused about their cultural identity. Often used by ABCDs about other ABCDs.

Bengali 

Derogatory term for those originally from the Bay of Bengal area.

CBCD 

(Subcontinentals in Canada) — Canadian-Born Confused Desi — Similar to ABCD, but used for Canadian-born Indians who are confused about their cultural identity. ^[33][34]

Curry Muncher 

(Australia) A dark skinned person of Sub-Continental descent

Dothead 

(U.S. & U.K.) - A derisive term used for anyone of Indian descent. Comes from the tradition of Indian women wearing or painting red dots on their foreheads.

Paki 

(Australia & UK, Ireland and New Zealand) - Shortened from Pakistani. Used for people from Subcontinental backgrounds.

Raghead 

derogative term for those of a culture where the wearing of turbans or burkhas is customary

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East Asian descent

Charlie 

(U.S.) A generally non-pejorative slang term used by American troops during the Vietnam War as a short-hand term for Vietnamese guerrillas: it was shortened from "Victor Charlie", the radio code designation for Viet Cong, or VC.^[35]

Chee-chee 

a Eurasian half-caste [probably from Hindi chi-chi fie!, literally, dirt]^[36]

Chinaman 

(U.S. and English) Chinese person, used in old American west when discrimination against Chinese was common.^[37]. Possibly coined by early Chinese Americans from a translation of "Zhong Guo Ren" which is literally "China" and "man". Compare to "Frenchman" or "Irishman," generally not considered insulting. The term generates controversy when still used in geographic places associated or resembling Chinese, and often used without intended malice outside of the U.S. Though it is still heard in the lyrics to the 70s song "Kung Fu Fighting", it tends to generates objections in modern times, especially in the U.S. In 20th century Chicago politics, "Chinaman" had a specific, non-insulting meaning. A junior politician or government worker's political patron was their "Chinaman" (or "chinaman" without the initial capital) regardless of their actual ethnic heritage or gender.^[38]

Chink 

(U.S.) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent. Describes their eye slits or chinks. Considered extremely derogatory, although at least one U.S. school proudly used the term as a sports mascot until the 1980s.^[39]

Chinky 

(UK, US and India) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent. Considered derogatory, although not as derogatory as Chink, or Ching Chong. It is also often used, without offensive intent, to refer to a Chinese restaurant.^[39]

Gook 

used by the Americans to describe Koreans during the Korean war. Came about when Koreans asked if the soldiers were from America ("Mi Gook" in Korean) a native of Southeast Asia or the South Pacific, esp. when a member of an enemy military force. Slang from the Vietnam War. Term used by American GI's to describe for Vietnamese people or any Asian enemies.

Jap 

Japanese descent.

Nip 

Japanese (Nippon) descent.

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European descent

Afro-Saxon 

(North America) A young white male devotee of black pop culture.^[40]

Anglo 

(U.S.) Any white, English-speaking person, regardless of whether he or she has British ancestry. This term is most often used by Hispanics and Italians and often not meant to be offensive.^[41]

Ann 

A white woman to a black person — or a black woman who acts too much like a white one. While Miss Ann, also just plain Ann, is a derisive reference to the white woman, by extension it is applied to any black woman who puts on airs and tries to act like Miss Ann.^[42]

Bule 

(Indonesia) White people. Literally: albino, but used in the same way that 'colored' might be used to refer to a black person to mean any white person. ^[43].

Charlie 

Mildly derogatory term 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).

Coonass or coon-ass 

(U.S.) a Cajun; may be derived from the French conasse. May be used among Cajuns themselves

Cracker 

(U.S.) Derogatory term for whites, particularly from the American South. Derived from slave drivers who "cracked" the whip on the backs of slaves. ^[44] May be used by whites themselves in a non-offensive manner.

Gringo 

(The Americas) Non-Hispanic U.S. national. Hence Gringolandia, the United States; not always a pejorative term, unless used in an offensive manner.^[45]

Gubba 

(AUS) Aboriginal (Koori) term for white people^[46] — derived from Governor / Gubbanah

Gweilo, gwailo, or kwai lo (鬼佬) 

(Hong Kong and South China) A White man. Gwei means "ghost." The color white is associated with ghosts in China. A lo is a regular guy (i.e. a fellow, a chap, or a bloke).^[47] Once a mark of xenophobia, the word was promoted by Maoists and is now in general, informal use.^[48]

Honky (U.S.) 

Offensive term for a white person.

Haole 

(Hawaiian) stranger. used to refer to a mainlander, a white person.

Ofay 

A white person^[49]

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.^[50]

Redneck

Usually refers to poor Southern Americans. Originates from the coal strikes of Southern West Virginia in the early twentieth century, where the coal workers tied red bandannas around their necks as a sign of socialist unity, earning them the derogatory nickname.

Roundeye 

(English speaking Asians) a white or non-Asian person.^[51]

Wigger

is a slang term for a white person who allophilically emulates mannerisms, slangs and fashions stereotypically associated with urban African Americans; especially in relation to hip hop culture.[1]

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Individual ethnicities

Germans

See List of terms used for Germans

There are many alternative ways to describe the people of Germany, though the official designated nationality as well as the standard noun is German. ...

Roma-Gypsies

Gyp

to cheat or swindle as by a gypsy

Italians

Dago

(U.S.) A person of Italian descent.

Gino

(Australia) A person of Italian descent.

Ginzo

(U.S.) an Italian-American.^[52]

Wheato

term for Italian American.Used to insult^{[citation needed]}

"Guido"

is a pejorative slang term for a young, working class, Italian-American male from the urban Northeastern United States. The guido stereotype is often portrayed as humorously and incorrigibly uncultured, with a thuggish and overtly macho attitude and an unyielding pride in his Italian ancestry.

Greaseball

(US) A person of Italian descent. This term also refers to a person who regularly uses some sort of hair gel or product. People who fit this description stereotypically live on Long Island or the Jersey Shore. See the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.^[53]

Guinea 

(U.S.) someone of Italian descent. (Derives from "Guinea Negro", was called because of some Italians who had dark complexions^[54]

Wog 

(Australia) A person of Italian or Greek descent.

Wop 

(North America) A racial term for anyone of Italian descent. It may be used as an acronym for "With Out Papers"

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Jews

Four Wheel  

from Cockney rhyming slang - four wheel skid = Yid = Jew.

Hymie  

A Jew, from the Hebrew Chaim ("life"). Also used in the term, "Hymie-town", a reference to New York, and in particular, Brooklyn.

Kike 

Originates from the word 'keikl', in Yiddish, which means 'circle', the reason being that the first Jewish immigrants in America, who were unable to sign their names, signed with a circle instead of a cross.^[55]

Sheeny 

From Yiddish "shaine" or German "schön" meaning "beautiful".^[56]

Sheister 

Like a shyster lawyer. One who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.^[57]

Shylock 

Comes from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello". Similar to Sheister.^[58]

Christ Killer 

It implies that the Jew were responsible for the death of the Jesus from the Christian faith.

Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ...

Koreans

Gook 

(U.S. military slang) A misunderstood word thought to be derogatory by American troops in the Korean War; it was derived from the words "hanguk" and "miguk". "Hanguk" refers to Korea or specifically Koreans. "Miguk" is the common word for America. American troops heard "miguk" as "me gook", misunderstanding it to be saying "I am a gook". During the Vietnam War, it was misapplied to the Vietnamese people, who have a similar-sounding word, "quốc", which means "country". Popularized to include any 'Mongoloid' Asian after its widespread use during the War. Like chink, it is extremely offensive.^{[citation needed]}

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Arabs

Paki / Pakki

(Primarily UK and Canada, sometimes US and India) a Pakistani. It is usually considered offensive when used by a non-Pakistani and directed towards a person of South East Asian decent.

Sand-Nigger

referring to any person originating from the Middle Eastern region; so called for the prominence of desert terrain.

Haji

referring to any person originating from the Middle Eastern region; taken from the cartoon Johnny Quest. Often soldiers in Iraq refer to nationals as "Haji's"

See also

• Other lists
  • List of ethnic slurs
  • List of ethnic group names used as insults
  • List of regional nicknames
  • List of religious slurs
• Hate speech
• Term of disparagement

A slur can be anything from an insinuation or critical remark to an insult. ... This is a list of nouns, used for name-calling in the English language, whose etymology goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic, ethnic or religious group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion. ... The list of regional nicknames includes nicknames for people based on their locality of origin (birthplace, place of permanent residence, or family roots). ... The list of religious slurs enumerates pejorative terms for people based on their religion. ... Hate speech is a controversial term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, language ability, moral or political views, socioeconomic class, occupation or appearance... Terms of disparagement are pejorative words and phrases which are either intended to be or are often regarded as insulting, impolite or unkind. ...

Literature

• John A. Simpson, Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Slang ISBN 0198610521
• John A. Simpson, Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series ISBN 0198612990
• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, (2002)
• Richard A. Spears, Slang and Euphemism, (2001)
• Jonathon Green, The Cassell Dictionary of Slang (1998)
• Bruce Moore (editor), The Australian Oxford Dictionary, (2004)
• The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition. Ed. Erin McKean. (Oxford University Press: 2005.
• The Concise Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson. (Oxford University Press: 2004)
• Grand dictionnaire (Larousse: 1993)

John Adrian Simpson (born: 1854 Peel County, Ontario died: 1916) was politician and businessman. ... The Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (Great Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century), often called the Larousse du dix-neuvième is an encyclopedic dictionary, a work of Pierre Larousse. ... Larousse can refer to: Grand Larousse encyclopédique Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Larousse Gastronomique Pierre Larousse Petit Larousse Category: ...

References

The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. ... American Experience (sometimes abbreviated AmEx) is a television program airing on the PBS network in the United States. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago. ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Racial Slur Database
• world insults and insulting quotes from around the globe

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