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A ''slur'' can be anything from an insinuation or critical remark to an insult. The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used 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 manner in the English-speaking world. For the purposes of this list, a ''slur'' is a term or word {Link without Title} used to insult on the basis of Race , Ethnicity , or Nationality . Each term is listed followed by its country or region of usage, a definition, and (where applicable) a reference to that term. Quite a few ethnic slurs may be produced by combining a general-purpose insult with the name of ethnicity, such as "dirty Arab", "dirty Jew", "Chinese pig", "Russian pig", etc. Other common insulting modifiers include "dog", "filthy", etc. Such terms are not included in this list. __NOTOC__ 0-9
;51st staters : (. ;5 and 2 / 5 by 2 / 4 by 2 / 3 by 2 : ( England ) Cockney Rhyming Slang for a Jew . Originated in the early 1900s.Richard A. Spears, ''Slang and Euphemism,'' (2001) p. 130 ;5 and Alive : ( Jamaican English ) refers to Child Prostitutes . Was first used in Terry Batchkins "Jamaica: Enslaved Youth", in which it was first recognized. A
;Abbie / Abe / Abie : a Jewish male. From the proper name ''Abraham''. The Hebrew name for father is "Abba". Originated before the 1950s.Spears, loc. cit. p. 1. ;ABCD : (, House in Jersey , Kids Learning Medicine, Now Owning Property, Quite Reasonable Salary, Two Uncles Visiting, White Xenophobia Yet Zestful" and "American Born Confused Desi, Emigrated From Gujarat, Housed In Jersey, Keeping Lotsa Motels, Named Omkarnath Patel, Quickly Reached Success Through Underhanded Vicious Ways, Xenophobic Yet Zestful" {Link without Title} ;Abd: ( Arabic Countries) This term, "slave" in Arabic , is used as a slur against Blacks and persons of mixed African descent. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A6645-2004Jan10¬Found=true [http://members.tripod.com/~yajaffar/african.html] ;Abo / Abbo : (AUS) Australian Aboriginal person. Originally, this was simply an informal term for " Aborigine ", and was in fact used by Aboriginal people themselves until it started to be considered offensive in 1950s. In remoter areas, Aboriginal people still often refer to themselves (quite neutrally) as "Blackfellas" (and whites as "Whitefellas"). From the 1870s until the 1920s, the word ''Ab'' was used instead. Although "Abo" is still considered quite offensive by many, the pejorative "boong" is now more commonly used when the intent is to deliberately offend , as that word's status as an insult is unequivocal.Bruce Moore (editor), ''The Australian Oxford Dictionary,'' (2004) p. 3. ;Adolf / 'Dolf : (U.S. & Commonwealth ) Germans , referring to Adolf Hitler . {Link without Title} ;Africoon : (North America) a Black person. {Link without Title} ;Afro-Saxon : (North America) A young white male devotee of African-American pop culture.Speers, loc. cit. p.4. ;Ahab : (U.S.) an Arab , from the novelty song " Ahab The Arab " by Ray Stevens ; in the Bible, Ahab was the sinful king of Samaria married to the equally wicked Jezebel . {Link without Title} ; Alabama Blue Gums : (U.S.) a black person. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} {Link without Title} ;) ;. First used in the early 1900s, although some hypothesize the term originated in the late 1800s.Speers, loc. cit. pg. 6. ;Alter kacker / alter kocker (Yiddish) / alter kucker / A.K. : (North America) a disparaging term for elderly Jewish people. Although the word is of Yiddish origin (literally meaning ''old shitter''), it has been adopted by non-Jews as a slur against Jews. First used in the early 1900s.Green, loc. cit. p. 19. ;Angie : ( Quebec English ) Anglophone s in Canada . {Link without Title} ;Anglo : (U.S.) Any white ( Northern - Western European ) person, regardless of whether he or she has English ancestry. This term is most often used by Hispanics and Italians and often is not meant to be offensive.Webster.com/dictionary/anglo ;Anglo-pilferer: An Anglo- Australian possibly of convict lineage. Based on the belief that all Anglo-Australians are descended from convicts. Particularly offensive.Macquarie Dictionary (3rd ed) ;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.Hugh Rawson, ''Wicked Words,'' (1989) p. 19. ;Antique Farm Equipment/Outdated Farm Machinery : (U.S) a Black person; slaves were mostly used for farming. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} ;Ape : (U.S.) a black person.Spears, loc. cit. p. 10.; also, ''Zoo Ape'' or ''Jungle Ape'' ;Apple : (North America) An American Indian (Native American) who is "red on the outside, white on the inside." Used primarily by other American Indians to indicate someone who has lost touch with their cultural identity. First used in the 1980s.Green, loc. cit. p. 25. ;Argie : (UK) a native of press during the Falklands War . Coined by Britain's ''The Sun'' newspaper in 1982.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/falklands/story/0,11707,657850,00.html Guardian Report: ''A new Britain, a new kind of newspaper'' February 25 2002 ;As dry as a pommy's towel : (Australia) very dry. Pommy=Englishman. Possibly from the perception that Englishmen do not bathe very often, or more likely from the popular belief that Englishmen don't sweat.Spears, loc. cit. p. 12. ;''.Green, loc. cit. p. 36. ;Aussie Wuzzie : (Australia) a black person native to New Guinea .Spears, loc. cit. p. 14. B
;Banana: (U.S.;Canada) refers to an American Chinese who is yellow (Asian) on the outside and white on the inside. {Link without Title} ;Beaner : (U.S.) term widely regarded as derogatory, that refers to people of '', July 31, 2000 :According to ''The Historical Dictionary of American Slang'', the word was first seen in print in 1965, although the term has reportedly been in use at least since the 1940s (perhaps having evolved from previous slurs such as "bean-eater" and "bean-bandit" that were in use since as far back as the 1910s.) :Although the word is generally considered pejorative, its usage is not always overtly offensive and can be fairly benign depending on the context (similar to the term "frog" for a French person.) Though perhaps once considered strictly offensive, it appears that the term may be going through a phase of Melioration , where the negative connotation of an ethnic slur is "reclaimed" by those it is directed against and used in a neutral or even positive manner. ;Boche; bosche; bosch : (France; U.S.; UK) a German either French ''caboche'' head, or ''Alboche,'' modification of ''Allemand'' German .''Dictionnaire,'' p. 103; "boche", ''Webster's''. ;Bog Irish : a person of common or low class Irish ancestry. "Costello Slammed for 'Bog Irish' Slurs" , ''Irish Voice,'' October 13 , 1998 Benson, Marius, "A life more ordinary" , ''Expatica'' ;Bohunk : A person of east-central European descent. Was commonly used toward Ukrainian immigrants during the early 20th century.[http://www.bartelby.com/61/5/B0370500.html ;Boong / boang : (Aus) Australian aboriginal.Moore, op. cit. [Accessed 6 May 2006 ]. Related to the Australian English slang word ''bung'', meaning "dead", "infected", "dysfunctional". Highly offensive. used in the 1920s ;Boonga / boong / bunga / boonie : (New Zealand) a Pacific Islander of ''boong'' ."boonga" ''The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary'' . Tony Deverson. (Oxford University Press: 2004) Oxford Reference Online.[Accessed 6 May 2006 ]. ;Bounty / Bounty bar : (UK) A derogatory term for a black person with perceived white allegiences: especially a black police officer. A Bounty bar is a chocolate confectionery with a coconut flavoured centre, therefore brown on the outside but white on the inside. ''Racial Slur Database'' ;Brownie : (U.S.) a. a person of mixed white and black ancestry; a Mulatto . '''b.''' (U.S. black) a young, brown-skinned person 1940s-1950sGreen, op. cit. p.154. ;Buffie : a. black person.Spears, op. cit. p. 118. :b. (U.S. black) a young, brown-skinned person 1940s-1950sGreen, op. cit. p.154. C
;Camel Jockey : a person of Middle-Eastern descent.Jordan Robertson, "California jury awards $61 million to two FedEx Ground drivers in harassment lawsuit", Associated Press, June 4 , 2006 ;CBCD : ( Subcontinent als in Canada) - Canadian-Born Confused Desi - Similar to ABCD, but used for Canadian-born South Asians who are confused about their cultural identity. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} ;Charlie : Mildly derogatory term used by ''/Vietnam Online website; retrieved August 31 , 2007 ;Chee-chee : a Eurasian half-caste from Hindi ''chi-chi fie!,'' literally, dirt "chee-chee." Webster's 12 Mar. 2006 . ; Chinaman : (Worldwide English) Chinese person, used in old American west when discrimination against Chinese was common. {Link without Title} Peak of Controversy "a resident of Calgary, wrote to the Minister of Community Development strongly objecting to the name Chinaman's Peak" The term generates controversy when still used in geographic places associated or resembling Chinese. 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 US. Also used in a cricketing context to refer to a particular type of left-arm bowler, the left-arm equivalent of the right-arm Leg Spin bowler. The term is still used in this non-derogatory sense in television and radio coverage. ; Ching Chong : (U.S. & Canada) Mocking the language of or a person of perceived Chinese or East Asian descent. An offensive term which has raised considerable controversy when used by celebrities such as Rosie O'Donnell. {Link without Title} Asian American advocates decry parody by TV's O'Donnell Vanessa Hua, San Francisco Chronicle, December 14, 2006 ; Chink : (U.S. and UK) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent, and by extension for other East Asians. Considered extremely derogatory, although at least one US school proudly used the term as a sports mascot until the 1980s.Simpson, "Chinky" ;Clog Wog : (AUS) a person of Dutch origin, not always offensive."clog", Moore, op. cit. [Accessed 7 May 2006 ]. ;Coconut: (Pacific Islands) refers to a Pacific Islander who is brown (of island decent) on the outside and white on the inside. (Mexican-American) refers to a Mexican who is brown on the outside and white in the inside, called Coco. ;", especially on the frontier or in the Appalachian area; still later (19th century) -- a self-referential indicating an independent backwoods small farmer in the Virginia/Carolina/Tennessee/Kentucky area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckahoe-Cohee ; Colored : (U.S.) a Black or Black mixed-race person. Now considered a slur, it was highly acceptable in the past. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , for example, continues to use its full name unapologetically. ; people, especially in Guyana , Trinidad And Tobago and South African Indians , where it is considered on par with "nigger". ;Coon : (AUS, U.S. & U.K) a black person. Possibly from Portuguese ''barracoos,'' a building constructed to hold slaves for sale (1837). {Link without Title} ;Coni : (Turkey) an American; or for anyone who acts like an American. The word is the transcription of Johnny and is usually used while referring to U.S. soldiers.http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2007/06/04/dunya/dun03.html ; Cowboy : (Europe) an American, often used by political cartoonists. (Not offensive to many Americans.) www.opinionjournal.com ; Cracker : (U.S.) poor Southerner, "poor white trash", first used in the 19th century.Cash W.J. ''The Mind of the South'' (Knopf, 1941). By extension, white people in general. (Europe) People with blue eyes and blonde hair. (Southeast Asia) White people (usually White Americans). ;Crow : a black person,"crow." ''Webster's'' 12 Mar. 2006 . spec. a black woman. ;Cunt-eyed : (U.S.) ''adjective:'' a person with slanted eyes used in the 1910s Green, op. cit. ;Curry-muncher : (Africa) a person of East Indian origin.Fuller A. ''Scribbling the Cat: travels with an African soldier'' (Penguin Books, 2004). D
; Dago : an Italian or person of Italian descent. Also refers to Portuguese or Spaniard.Oxford Advanced Leaner's English-Chinese Dictionary (published in 1987), p. 292. ;''. {Link without Title} ;Dink: a derogatory racial slur referring to peoples of Asian decent, mainly used by U.S soldiers during the Vietnam War to refer to North Vietnamese soldiers. Examples in popular culture, see - Apocalypse Now , Platoon http://imdb.com/title/tt0078788/quotes http://imdb.com/title/tt0091763/quotes. ;Dogan, dogun : (CAN) Irish Catholic century on; origin uncertain: perhaps from ''Dugan,'' an Irish surname ."dogan", Barber, op. cit. [Accessed 7 May 2006 ]. ;Dutchman : ''noun.'' (1) century on, ''Dutch'' being corrupted from the Pennsylvania German self-descriptive word ''Deitsch''. Anyone of Germanic heritage (as with Anglo-Celtic Pennsylvanians) a Pennsylvania German ; (2) (mid-1800s to 1920s) a foreigner, especially one who does not speak English well; (3) a bar keeper;Green, ''Cassell,'' p. 383. (4) anglophone South African whites, used for Afrikaner "Dutch", ''Webster's'' [Accessed February 15 , 2006 . ; Darky : ''noun.'' Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.Oxford English Online Dictionary. http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=darky&branch=13842570&textsearchtype=exact ;Dune Coon : (U.S.) A derogatory or pejorative term for any person of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent. {Link without Title} E
; Egg : (US) A derogatory term for a white person who wants to be Asian. ; {Link without Title} . (US) The term may or may not be offensive, considering some tribes in Alaska still prefer to be called by that general name. ;. Literally meaning "lower than dirt," or "full of filth," refers to members of the lowest class of the Japanese caste system, holding occupations such as butchers, leather workers, and other jobs considered to be "unclean." [http://www.shindharmanet.com/writings/burakumin.htm F
; & west of Scotland Protestant s) originally the name of a political movement, the Fenian Brotherhood , but now a derogatory term aimed at Catholic s, especially those thought to sympathise with the IRA .Share, op. cit. p. 105. ;Flip : (United States) A derogatory term for Filipinos ."What's in a name?" {Link without Title} ;Free Stater : ( Northern Ireland ) a citizen of the Republic Of Ireland , especially to Ulster Protestants. Also used by Irish Republicans to refer to Irish people who they believe are less than patriotic.Simpson, "free stater", op. cit. ;Fritz : (UK, France, Hungary ("fricc"), Poland Russia [''фриц'' ) a German ''Friedrich'' (Frederick) .''Grand Dictionnaire'' (Larousse: 1993) p. 397; "fritz", ''Webster's''; Polish Language Dictionary: http://sjp.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=2558630 . ;Frog : (Canada UK US) A French person. Comes from the French recipe for eating frogs' legs (see comparable French term ''''). Also used in Canada to refer to both the French and French Canadians, more specifically to people from Quebec .Dictionary.com {Link without Title} G
;Gable : a black person.Spears, op. cit. p. 118. ;Gin : (AUS) an Aboriginal woman."gin", Moore, op. cit. [Accessed 7 May 2006 ]. ;Ginzo : (U.S.) an Italian-American ."ginzo" ''The New Oxford American Dictionary,'' second edition. Ed. Erin McKean. (Oxford University Press: 2005.) ; Gollywogg : (UK) A black person, from a once popular children's doll. ;Gook : (U.S. military slang) an Asian person, especially an enemy (e.g. Koreans or Vietnamese during the Korean and Vietnam wars). By extension, any Asian person. Derived from the Korean words “hanguk” and “miguk”. Guk is from the Chinese, Guo, Kingdom or Country. “Hanguk” refers to Korea and “miguk” is the common word for the United States.[http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/news_view.asp?newsIdx=2066348 American troops thought "miguk" sounded like "me gook" (i.e. "I am a gook"). The word persisted during the Vietnam War, perhaps also because the Vietnamese people have a similar word “quốc”, meaning "country". "Gook" was also used by white soldiers in Africa to designate enemy insurgents.Fuller A. ''Scribbling the Cat: travels with an African soldier'' (Penguin Books, 2004). ; referring to both the Israelites and non-Israelites, it can be used as an insult. ;Goyisher kopf : (Jews) This exclamation is said by Jews when they say or do something stupid (literally, "gentile-head"). {Link without Title} ;Greaseball: (US) a person of Italian descent or Hispanic descent.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/greaseball ;Green Nigger : (USA) An Irish person, mainly in US or Australian cities with large Irish populations. Used to denote the Irish, who many hold in the same regard as blacks.'' Racial Slur Database '' ;, "gringo" is applied to any foreigners (including Mexicans or Argentines) and has no negative connotations by itself {Link without Title} . ;Gubba : (AUS) Aboriginal (Koori) term for white people"gubba", Moore, op. cit. [Accessed 7 May 2006 .] - derived from Governor / Gubbanah ;Guido : (US) A person of Italian descent. ; Guinea : (U.S.) someone of Italian descent. (Derives from "Guinea Negro", was called because of the belief that Italians who had dark complexions were African)"Guinea", op. cit. 21 Mar. 2006 . ;Gussic, Gu-suk : (S.W.Alaskan, Yup'ik ) Traditional negative term for a white person or person from the white culture used primarily by Yup'ik speaking natives in southwest Alaska, but sometimes self-applied by local whites. May be derived from Russian K'Zak/Cossack. {Link without Title} ; Gweilo , gwailo, or kwai lo (鬼佬) : (used in South of Mainland China and Hong Kong) A White man. Loosely translated as "foreign devil;" more literally, might be "ghost dude/bloke/guy/etc." ''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). Once a mark of xenophobia, the word is now in general, informal use [http://www.gojp.com/handover/gweilo.html but still considered derogatory. ;Gyppo, gippo, gypo, gyppie, gyppy, gipp : (UK) a. A Gypsy (see below). '''b.''' (UK and Australian military) Egyptians,Simpson, "gyppo", op. cit. sometimes used affectionately, but "bloody Gyppo" was a term of abuse. H
; Haole : (US, Hawaiian) A non-native, used by Hawaiians to describe whites and other non-islanders.1 ; Asians of mixed ancestry are using this word to destigmatize the term.2 It still can be regarded as a racial slur, as being called Colored . ;Heeb, '''Hebe''': (U.S.) offensive term for a Jewish person, derived from the word " Hebrew ".3 ;Hindoo : (AUS) 19th century, Hindu. Often not offensive.Simpson, "Hindu", op. cit. In Canada, this in either spelling is heavily offensive when used in reference to Canadian Sikhs . ;Honger : A derogative term for a person from Hong Kong; a person who acculturates Hong Kong's lifestyle and manner. ; Honky also spelled "honkey" or "honkie" : (1) (U.S. blacks) An offensive term for a white person. Derived from an African-American pronunciation of "hunky", the disparaging term for a Hungarian laborer. The first record of its use as an insulting term for a white person dates from the 1950s. Also used in the British Commonwealth with less derogatory implications.Fuller A. ''Scribbling the Cat: travels with an African soldier'' (Penguin books, 2004). (2) Also used in reference to Hongkonger s, mostly by people from Hong Kong. ;Husky : an Eskimo of Labrador and northeastern Canada or his language — sometimes taken to be offensive by shortening & alteration from ''Eskimo'' Sometimes used in conjunction with Skimo."husky", Ibid. 12 Mar. 2006 . ; Hun : (U.S. and U.K.) A derogatory term for Germans, especially German soldiers; popular during World War I. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Hun Also an offensive term for a Protestant ;. Uttered by then-presidential candidate Jesse Jackson in 1984 while on a visit to Brooklyn. I
;Ikey / ike iky : a Jew ''Isaac'' Simpson. "ikey", loc. cit. ;Ikey-mo / ikeymo : a Jew ''Isaac'' and ''Moses'' Loc cit. "ikeymo" ;Inkface : a black person.Spears, op. cit. p. 118. J
; Jack Pine Savage : Derogatory term for Native Americans, particularly in the Northern United States and Canada, equating Native Americans to uncivilized and dangerous people living within the thick pine forests of the region. ;Jap : An offensive term for a Japanese person. ;. ;Jews of the East : Southeast Asian expression for overseas Chinese people. ;Jigaboo, jiggabo, jijjiboo, zigabo, jig, jigg, jiggy, jigga, jigger : (U.S. & UK) a black person (JB) with stereotypical Black features (dark skin, wide nose, big lips, etc.).Simpson, "jigaboo", op. cit. ;Jim Fish : (South Africa) a Black person"Jim Fish." Ibid. 12 Mar. 2006 . ;Jock, jocky, jockie : (UK) A Scottish person, dialect form of personal name John. Occasionally used by the English as an insult.4but also in respectful reference to elite Scottish, particularly Highland troops, e.g. the 9th (Scottish) Division . Same vein as the English insult for the French, as Frogs . Also used in the US to refer to an athlete (see Jock (subculture) . In addition, the term " Shock Jock " refers to a disc jockey known for controversial comments (examples include Don Imus and Howard Stern ). ;Jungle bunny : (U.S. & UK) a Black person.Simpson, "jungle" K
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