Origins of Racist Terms

The Racial Slur Database

Slur	Represents	Reasons/Origins
51st Stater	Canadians	Self-explanatory.
Abba-Dabba	Arabs	Used in the movie "Betrayed" by rural American hate group.
Abc	Chinese	American-Born Chinese. An Americanized Chinese person who does not understand Chinese culture.
Abdul	Arabs	Common name.
Abo	Australian Aboriginal	Derogative shortened term for Aboriginal.
Adolf	Germans	Hitler, of course. Generally thought of the worst person ever.
Afro	Black People	referring to hairstyle and African
Ahab	Whites	From Moby-Dick. Ahab hunted the white whale.
Ainu	Japanese Aboriginal	Originally, a word for the native Japanese islanders from Hokkaido, but now means roughly a "primitive" person. Usually look more European than their Japanese counterparts, i.e., more hairy and fair skinned. Not really derogatory.
Albino	Whites	Albinos are white.
Ame-koh	Americans	Term for Americans used by Japanese.
AmeriKKKan	Americans	Reference to inherent racism in US society. Entered the language as a part 1960s counter-cultural slang.
Ami	Americans	Used by Germans as derogatory reference of Americans. Shortened from Scheiss-Ami.
Amigo	Hispanics	Self-explanatory.
Amo	Amish	Pronounced ah-mo.
Angie	Canadians	English-speaking Canadians. Short for "Anglophone" and used in Quebec, especially for Anglophones in Quebec province itself.
Antique Farm Equipment	Blacks	Slaves being used for labor.
Apple (1)	Native Americans	Used by Native Americans as derogatory for other Native Americans who are red on the outside but white on the inside.
Apple (2)	Blacks	Has to do with "hanging from a tree".
Apu	Indians	Hindu character from The Simpsons. Before that, one of the most famous films out of India was the "Apu Trilogy."
Arf	Blacks	African Rock Fish. Jones Beach (NYC) term for Blacks due to their poor swimming abilities.
Armo	Armenian	Short for Armenian.
Aunt Jamima	Blacks	After the stereotypically Black trademark picture on "Aunt Jemima"-brand breakfast foods.
BBK	Blacks	Big Black Cocks. Spelled with a K, as in the Korn song of the same title.
Babar	Indians	From the HBO show in the early 90's called Babar. It was about an Indian elephant character growing up.
Baboomba	Blacks	From the "booming" of their car stereos.
Babuska	Ukrainians/Slavs	The head garment worn by old Ukrainian women.
Bagel-Dog	Jews	From Kosher "bagel dogs" - a Kosher sausage inside of a bagel.
Bahadur	Nepali	Bahadur, means brave, has become a derogatory term for Nepali servants. They are also called Gaurkhs.
Bamboo Coon	Chinese	Bamboo grows in China.
Banana	Asians	An Asian-American who has lost their heritage. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
Bandwidth Nigger/Whore	Asians	Represents Asians who, instead of using the Asian video game servers they are assigned, jump to a US server and hog the bandwidth of US users.
Bans/Cans	Hispanics	MexiCANS, Puerto RiCANS, CuBANS.
Beach-Nigger	Whites	Overly-tanned people/surfers.
Bean Bandit	Hispanics	They eat beans.
Bean Burrito	Hispanics	Common Hispanic food is bean burritos and the coloring of the beans is similar to the coloring of their skin.
Beaner	Hispanics	Because they are known to have a lot of beans in their diet.
Beanie	Jews	Referring to the yarmulke.
Beaver-Beater	French-Canadians	Fur trade.
Bebe's Kids	Blacks	From the movie of the same name; "we don't die, we multiply."
Beef-Curtain	Greeks	Possibly originated from their smell.
Berry Picker	Hispanics	Refers to Hispanics who would work berry fields in California, specifically illegal immigrants, as their employer didn't have to pay them as much.
Bhindu	Pakistanis	Pakistani name.
Bhrempti	Indians	Their pronunciation of the number 20.
Bic-Needer	The French	Most likely because French women don't tend to shave there arm pits and legs.
Big Nose	Jews	Refers to how Jews are said to have large noses.
Bjork	Icelanders	She's the Icelander everyone knows.
Black Barbie	Blacks	Refers to a black woman when she wears her hair and makeup to try and look like a white woman.
Black Dagos	Italians	Believed that some Sicilians are part Black.
Blackie	Blacks	Self-explanatory.
Blackrobe	White Missionaries	Native American term.
Blanco	Whites	'Blanco' is Spanish for white or blank.
Blanket-Ass	Native Americans	From when the US Government gave tribes blankets.. I guess to make up for killing so many of them. The blankets were also rumored to be infested with smallpox.
Blaxican	Mixed Races	Black/Mexican mix. Pioneered by the Black/Mexican hip-hop group "Delinquent Habits".
Blockhead	Macedonians	Shape of their heads; Australian.
Blow	Blacks	Originated from blacks originally living in Africa and using blow guns.
Blue-Eyed Devil	Whites	Whites primarily with blue eyes are said to be the most evil. Especially since their skin is so pale, it looks scary to others as their blue eyes stare out at them.
Blue-Gummer	Blacks	Refers to the blue tinge of the gums of some blacks/southern origin.
Blue/Blew	Mixed Races	Black/Jewish Mix.
Boat-People	Asians or Cubans	Could apply to any peoples who took a boat to immigrate to another country. See: FOB.
Boffer/Boofer	Blacks	The Hawaiians or Polynesians call Blacks this name. Same as nigger in the United States.
Bog-trotter	Irish	Abundance of Bogland in Eire.
Bogan (1)	Native Americans	Male Native Americans.
Bogan (2)	Whites	New Zealand white trash or rednecks.
Bohunk	Hungarians	May be a contraction of 'Bohemian/Hungarian', and might refer to Hungarians or Czechs. See: Honky.
Bomb Watcher	Japanese	Refers to atom bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII.
Boogalee	Cajuns	May be a corruption of the French slang for "feces".
Boogie	Blacks	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.
Boojie	Indians	Pronounced 'boo-jee'; refers to all the 7-11 workers of the world.
Book-Book	Filipinos	From Hawaii. A slur on how their language sounds to non-Filipinos.
Boong	Australian Aboriginal	"Boong" is the sound they make when they hit the bull bar (a metal bar attached to the front of a car to reduce damage when you hit an animal)
Bootlip	Blacks	More or less self-explanatory, blacks tend to have big lips.
Border Bunny	Hispanics	Hopping the border to get into America.
Border Nigger	Hispanics	See Border Bunny.
Border-Hopper	Hispanics	Same as Border Bunny. Border-Jumper too.
Boudreaux	Cajuns	Common name among Cajuns.
Boxhead	Germans	Germans typically have, or are thought to have, rather square heads.
Boy	Blacks	Originated during slavery. Used to belittle blacks.
Bozgor	Hungarians	Term used in Eastern Europe for Hungarian-Ethnics living in different countries after WWI. It means "man without country" or just imitates Hungarian talking.
Brass Ankle	Mixed Races	Refers to a person of black and white heritage who passes for a white person. Unsure of origins.
Briar	Whites	Term probably comes from the briar bushes found in Appalachian states. Variant: briar-hopper. Applied locally to redneck Kentucky native or other southerner from Appalachia who resettled in Southwestern Ohio during or after WWII in search of factory jobs.
Brillo Pad	Blacks	Hair reminiscent of a Brillo Pad.
Brit	British	Short for British. Used as in "Brits Out!": graffiti from Ireland.
Bro	Blacks	Contraction of brother, see: Brother.
Bro-ho	Whites	A white woman who dates or has sex with black men. Bro = black man. Ho = short for "whore."
Brother	Blacks	Used by blacks in an effort to help unify their race. Also used by non-black races to poke fun at or try to identify with the black race.
Brown Trumpet	Blacks	Represents Black American jazz musicians.
Bruised Banana	Asians	A "banana" who acts black.
Bubble	Greeks	"Bubble & Squeak" is Cockney slang for Greek.
Buck/Buck Nigger	Blacks	This word has been used since the 17th century to refer to a male Negro - no matter whether slave or not.
Buckethead	Koreans	Of all Asian groups, Koreans are said to have the biggest heads.
Buckra	Whites	Gullah language word meaning White Trash.
Buckwheat	Blacks	Refers to Buckwheat, a Black character on "The Little Rascals."
Buddhahead (1)	Asians	A lot of Asians are Buddhists.
Buddhahead (2)	Hawaiians	Hawaiian-born Japanese Americans. Originally from "buta-head" meaning pig-headed since Hawaiians were stubborn compared to their mainland counterparts. See: "kotonk"
Buffalo Jockey	Native Americans	Self-explanatory.
Bug-Eater	Asians	Many Asians eat bugs such as Locusts and Grasshoppers.
Bugre	Brazilian	Perhaps a form of the word "bugger."
Buleh	Whites	Asian term, origin unknown, encountered on trip through Indonesia.
Bumblebee	Mixed Races	Black/Oriental couple or mixed child.
Bumper Lips	Blacks	Self-explanatory.
Bun (1)	Jews	As in "bun in the oven."
Bun (2)	Blacks	Big Ugly Nigger.
Buppie	Blacks	A (young) black upwardly professional person. Like yuppie, but refers to blacks.
Burnt Cracker	Blacks	Used as a response to Blacks who call Whites crackers.
Burnt Match	Blacks	Self-explanatory.
Burnt Rice	Asians	Darker-skinned Asians.
Burnt Toast	Blacks	Skin color can resemble that of a burnt piece of bread.
Burr Head	Blacks	Hair Texture.
Burrito	Hispanics	Comes from the old adage you are what you eat. Also burrito-head, burrito-brain, etc.
Bush-Boogie	Blacks	Derived from their jungle origins.
Bushnigger	Native Americans	Self-explanatory.
Butter	Blacks	Alternative to Nigger.
Butterhead	Blacks	Used on The Sopranos. Tony Soprano called Noah (Meadow's girlfriend) a butterhead.
Cab Nigger	Indians/Arabs	Many cabbies are Arabs or Indians.
Cabbage	Whites	Small town farm trash that wore spotted welder beanie caps and carried concealed knives to school.
Cabdriver	Indians/Arabs	A large portion of cab drivers seem to be foreigners, mostly of Indian descent.
Calf	Mixed Races	White/Black mix. A child with a white mother and black father.
Camel Cowboy	Arabs	They ride camels like cowboys ride horses.
Camel Jockey	Arabs	From camels being a major form of transportation in the Middle Eastern countries.
Camel-Fucker	Arabs	Refers to lonely Arab shepherds.
Camel-Jacker	Arabs	A take off on Camel Jockey and Camel-Humper. This refers to the act of "stimulating" a camel by hand.
Can'ardly	Asians	They can'ardly see, originated in Australia.
Canadian	Blacks	Used as a masked replacement for 'Nigger.'
Canal	Panamanians	Panama Canal.
Cancer	Whites	Cancer causes the face to become white, and the blood to drain away.
Caneater	Australians	They consume a lot of canned beer.
Canigger	Black Canadians	Combination of Canadian and Nigger.
Cankee/Cankie	Canadians	Canadian-Yankee.
Cans/Bans	Hispanics	MexiCANS, Puerto RiCANS, CuBANS.
Canuck	Canadians	From Johnny Canuck, emerging in 1869 as a "younger, simpler cousin to America's Uncle Sam or Britain's John Bull." Reborn during World War II as Canada's 'defender from the Nazi menace.' Could only be a slur if you say it the right way.
Canucklehead	Canadians	Diminutive of Canuck.
Cargo	Blacks	Slave ship reference.
Carlton (Banks)	Blacks	Black males who behave like whites or talk very proper. "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reference.
Carpet Pilot	Arabs	Reference to Aladdin and his magic carpet.
Casabooboo	Blacks	From 1960s African leader Casavubu.
Cascos	Mixed Races	White/Black mix. Describes the offspring of two mulattos. See: Mulatto.
Cashew	Jews	Catholic Jews. Mainly, the children of a Jew and a Catholic. Might have originated from a Saturday Night Live skit (doubtful).
Casino-Owner American	Native Americans	Many Native American tribes run casinos on their reservations to make money for their people.
Cat-lick	Irish	Catholic - Cat-lick.
Caucasianally- Challenged	Non-Whites	Self-explanatory.
Caveman	Whites	Refers to the Neanderthals living in caves; used by rappers.
Chale	Chinese	Informal/derogatory term used by Hispanics, primarily in Mexico, to refer to Chinese people. As in "Cafe de Chales" = Chinese-run or owned cafe.
Cham (1)	Hispanics	CHicano AMerican.
Cham (2)	Amish	Represents a former Amish man.
Charcoal Briquette	Blacks	Used by Tony Soprano from The Sopranos to represent his daughter's half black boyfriend.
Charlie	Vietnamese	Originated during the Vietnam War (1960-1974) from the phrase 'Viet Cong,' shortened to V.C., which in the military phonetic alphabet is 'Victor Charles' which gets you to 'Charlie.'
Cheap Labor	Hispanics	Because minimum wage only applies to U.S. citizens.
Cheese-Eater	Dutch	Represents their fondness of eating cheese; used mostly by Germans.
Cheeser	Canadians	Used primarily in northern Washington State, refers to Canadians who cross the border to shop for big blocks of inexpensive American Cheese.
Chefur	Balkan	Comes from the same roots as "Kaffir", and is used in Slovenia as a derogatory term for anyone originating from one of the former Yugoslav republics.
Cherry Nigger	Native Americans	Color of their skin.
Cheshire Cat	Blacks	From Alice In Wonderland. The only way you see them in the dark is if they open their eyes and smile.
Chief	Native Americans	Self-explanatory.
Chiegro	Chinese	Refers to Chinese people that try to act like Black people or are half Black.
Chigger	Chinese	See Chiegro.
Chilango	Hispanics	Specifically Mexico City inhabitants. People from Mexico's provinces use it as an insult denoting a lazy, tricky, cheating person from the big city. Seen on bumper stickers: "Haz Patria, Mata Un Chilango" (Make Mexico great, kill a Chilango).
Chili	Hispanics	They tend to eat lots of chili peppers.
Chili-Shitter	Hispanics	Self-explanatory.
Chinaman	Asians	Self-explanatory.
Chinese	Asians	Used by the ignorant to describe any Asian with slanted eyes.
Chinese Wetback	Filipinos	Filipinos have a Spanish and Chinese heritage. Most have Hispanic surnames and still have a lot of Asian influence.
Chinig	Mixed Races	Chinese/Black mix. Combination of 'Chink' and 'Nigger'
Chink	Asians	In reference to their eyes. Dictionary definition: A narrow opening or slit.
Chink-a-billy	Chinese	Half Chinese, half hillbilly.
Chino	Chinese	Spanish for Chinese.
Chinxican	Mixed Races	Chinese/Mexican mix.
Chite	Whites	White people trying to act Chinese or Asian.
Choco	Blacks	Short for chocolate, in reference to skin color.
Chocolate Drop	Blacks	Chocolate is brown.
Chocolate-Dipper	Whites	White women who date Black men.
Chole	Creole	Self-explanatory.
Chonky	Chinese	Concatenation of Chinese or Chink and Honky. See: Chink, Honky.
Choo-Choo	Chinese Americans	Chinese immigrants help build the Pacific railroad.
Christ Killer	Jews	See: Jesus Killer.
Chromey	Mixed Races	Black/Whites mix. What the old-timers called them when I was a kid fifty years ago.
Chug	Native Americans	Refers to alcoholism in Native Americans. They chug it back.
Cliptip	Jews	Circumcision reference.
Coal-Burner	White Women	From the film 'Freeway', represents when a white woman dates a black man.
Coal-Cracker	Irish	Many Irish immigrants mined coal.
Coalminer	Blacks	A Russian term for blacks, which originated because of their dark skin which looks like it is covered in coal dust. Pronounced "shahktor" in Russian.
Coat	Hispanics/Puerto Ricans	Instead of showering, they put on a new coat of cologne.
Cocksauce	Whites	Semen is white.
Cocoa	Blacks	From southwestern area of the US, called blacks "cocoa" for very much disrespect. See Cocoa Puff.
Cocoa Puff	Blacks/Whites	Represents a slang term for Blacks or a derogatory term for a White woman who sleeps or has children from Blacks. Originated from the cereal of the same name that turns white milk into chocolate milk.
Cocolo	Blacks	Dominicans used this term for Blacks because they look like "Coco"nuts and it sounds really African.
Coconut	Dark-Skinned People	Blacks, Hispanics, Filipino, etc. Mainly used to describe dark-skinned people who are perceived as trying to be "white"...brown on the outside, white on the inside.
Cold Drink	Blacks	In the South, some Blacks refer to all beverages as "Cold Drinks." For example, "I want some cold drink!"
Colored	Blacks	Skin color.
Commie	Russians	Originated during the cold war. Short for communist.
Conch	Islanders	Conch shells are found on islands along with islanders.
Congo Lip	Blacks	In reference to the ring-shaped objects primitive peoples from the South American jungles insert into their lips.
Conky (1)	Whites	Combination of "caucasian" (or "cracker") and "honky."
Conky (2)	Blacks	Derived from "conk", a lye-straightened hairdo popularized in the 1920s by Cab Calloway.
Convict	Blacks	Two-thirds of American inmates are Black.
Cookie	Chinese	Refers to fortune cookies. 'Cookie person/people.'
Coolie	Chinese	Chinese railroad workers in the 1800's wore triangle-shaped hats called "coolie hats". Might have originally been heard as "ku-li", a Chinese word meaning a menial worker.
Coon	Blacks	Probably refers to the Portuguese word for slave pens or barracks "baracoons". Could also have meaning as a shortening of "raccoon", as raccoons have a tendency to steal.
Coon Ass	Cajuns	French-Canadian Exiles who migrated to Louisiana. Fur traders. Originated during WW2 when the French soldiers heard the Cajun-French American forces speaking a very old version of the French language peppered with slang, they called them 'conasse', which translates roughly to mean 'cheap whore'. Of course the other non-Cajun members of the American forces heard this as "Coon Ass", and it stuck.
Cordon	Blacks	Derivative of the name of a champagne; Cordon Negro.
Cornbread	Blacks	It was in the movie "Shaft." Apparently Black people like Corn Bread.
Cornelius	Blacks	Planet Of The Apes reference.
Cotton-Picker	Blacks	Originates from pre-Civil War US. Refers to the slaves who picked cotton all day at the plantations.
Cow-Kisser	Indians	For the worship of cows in India.
Cowboy-Killer	Native Americans	They killed many a cowboy.
Cowfuck	Whites	Farmers in the fields getting intimate with their animals
Cracker	Whites	First used by the slaves to refer to their slave owners. Could originate from a) 'corncracker,' someone who distills corn whiskey, or b) the 'crack' of a whip the slave owners used or c) "white as a soda cracker". Might also refer to southern farmers too poor to own slaves, so they had to work their own fields. Cracker was a derogatory term used by the Scarlett O'Hara set.
Craw	Blacks	Fondness of "CRAW"dads.
Cremlin	Whites	White Europeans.
Cricket	Blacks	Color of skin vs. cricket's color (brown/black). Could also refer to Blacks that stay up all night playing loud thumping music, real common in the industrial Midwest.
Crime	Blacks	The high crime rate among Blacks.
Crizm	Whites	Some sort of variant of "cracker." Unsure of origins, but have heard it used in Florida.
Crumpet-Stuffer	British	They eat crumpets with their tea.
Crumpet-Sucker	British	They eat crumpets.
Cubs	Blacks	Look like cartoon bear cubs.
Cuff	Blacks	Heard used by white southern Georgia farmers to describe blacks. The origin is that blacks are always being arrested and being hand"cuffed" by the police.
Curry-Muncher	Indians	They eat Curry.
DP	Polish	"Dumb Polish," pronounced "deepee." After World War II, displaced refugees of Eastern European origin were referred as Displaced Persons, however, it stuck around even today to describe Polish immigrants.
Da-bi-zi	Whites	Used in China, it means "big nose."
Dago	Italians	Slang for Italian, originally coming from Spain. "Diego" was a common name in Italy at the time this slang was first used. See: Wop.
Dagowop	Italians	Combination of two slurs.
Dan	Blacks	Dumb-Ass-Nigger.
Darkie	Blacks	Skin color.
Dead Sea Pedestrian	Jews	See: Red Sea Pedestrian.
Dees-Right	Arabs	Arab people always ask "Is dees right, Is dees right?" (meaning 'is this right?')
Demi-nigger	Arabs	Somewhat lighter skin tone than Blacks.
Democrats	Blacks	A popular political affiliation among African Americans. Also in reference to always wanting stuff for free.
Devil	Whites	Used mainly by Blacks to refer to the evil white man.
Dial	Jews	During WWII, the Nazis would make soap out of the fat of the burned Jews (Dial is a brand of soap).
Diaper-Head	Indians	Same idea as Towel-head or Rag-head. In reference to turbans.
Dib	Israelis	Dumb Israeli Bastard. Commonly used by American Jews to deride the Israeli culture.
Dicksuckinflog	Dutch	16th Century term for prostitutes accused of witchcraft.
Dim Sum	Chinese	Refers to the food. Used in the movie "Romeo Must Die."
Dinge	Blacks	Used in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Dink	Vietnamese	Used in the movies Apocalypse Now and Platoon to refer to the North Vietnamese.
Ditchpig	Whites	Redneck kids who play in the ditches/streets.
Dog-Muncher	Asians	They have been known to eat dogs; as seen on "Faces of Death" Volumes 1-6.
Domes	Dominicans	New York origin, Washington Heights region. Used by other Hispanics to refer to the Dominicans.
Dootie	Black	Refers to their dootie-brown skin.
Dot-Head	Indians	Refers to the caste-mark (dot) on their foreheads.
Dottie	Indian	Indians are the smart ones that put the "dot" in ".com"
Double A	Blacks	Shorter version of 'African American.'
Dreads	Jamaicans	Hair style.
Drywaller	Hispanics	Hispanics do a lot of construction work and are usually paid very little or nothing.
Dub	Ukrainians	Dumb Ukrainian Bastard.
Dumb Wet	Hispanics	Variation of Wet-Back, as used on an episode of X-Files.
Dune Coon	Arabs	Comes from 'coon' (Blacks) of the 'dunes' (sand dunes) in the Middle East.
Dune Nigger	Arabs	Same ideas as Doon Coon and Sand Nigger.
Dusty Nuts	Arabs	It comes from Arabs living in the desert.
Dyke-Jumper	Dutch	Because of all the dykes in Holland, Dutch farmers use long wooden poles to pole-vault from one section of farmland to another.
Egg	Whites	White males that try to really get into East Asian culture and date Asian women. White on the outside, yellow on the inside (opposite of banana).
Egglet	Blacks	Black Children -- "little eggplant."
Eggplant	Blacks	Slur used mainly by Italians. See: Moolie.
Eh-Holes	Canadians	Canadians are known for saying 'eh?' a lot.
Ehlipe	Blacks	?
Elevator Operator	Blacks	Non-demanding job for education-less/trade-less person.
Eraser Head	Blacks	Because of their Afros looking like school chalkboard erasers.
Ese	Hispanics	Pronounced "s-a." Roughly translates to "dude." Offensively used by races other than Hispanics.
Etch	Indians	Some say their music sounds like etch-a-sketch.
FBI	Native Americans	Full Blooded Indian. Used in the movie Thunderheart. Not really a slur.
Fake Mexican	Hispanic-Americans	Used to describe those who have lost the language, culture, etc. of Mexico.
Fakey Jamaikey	Blacks	Blacks who try to act Jamaican, but actually aren't. Mostly used on TV or for musical purposes. For example, Miss Cleo: psychic advisor and tarot card reader.
Fan Kuei	Whites	Chinese for "ocean ghosts". Refers to skin color.
Farang/Falang	Whites	Means foreigner (i.e. non-Thai) of the white race. It is very frequently used in a simple descriptive way. It's negative only if the intent of the speaker is such.
Feather	Native Americans	Used to differentiate Indians from India ("Dots") from those from America ("Feathers").
Feb (1)	Blacks	February is Black history month.
Feb (2)	British	Stands for Fucking English Bastard.
Felipe Parkhurst	Guatemalan	Exiled from the country for life for selling many children to slavery.
Fence-Hopper	Mexicans	Mexicans hopping fences to get into the U.S.
Fenian	Irish	Refers to Irish Roman Catholic immigrants living in such large U.K. cities as Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Also used by Protestants to demean Catholics in Northern Ireland.
Fez	Arabs	They wear fezes, the little hats.
Field Nigger	Blacks	As opposed to "House Nigger", these worked out in the fields.
Fig Gobbler	Arabs/East Indian	They eat figs.
Firangi	Whites	From Arabic "Firanji" or "Firangi" in Egyptian Arabic, meaning "European". Corruption of "French" or "Franks". Made famous in a slyly ironic way by the ultracapitalist Firengi on Star Trek.
Firecracker	Whites	White women who date Black men. There used to be a firecracker called a "niggerchaser" but today they are called simply "chasers."
Firewood	Jews	WWII Holocaust reference. 'Nazi Firewood' to be more specific.
Fish	Israelis	Fucking Israeli Shithead. See: Dib.
Fish-Belly	Whites	Similar color
Fish-Eater	Norwegians	Their diet consists mainly of fish.
Flat-Back	Whites	Term refers primarily to white women who unlike women of other races have flat butts and no shape.
Flip	Filipinos	Shortened and rearranged term, easier to say. Could also stand for "Funny Little Asian People".
Fob	Immigrants	"Fresh Off the Boat." Applies mainly to Asian and Cuban immigrants coming into America.
Fog Nigger	Blacks	British Blacks. The weather is usually foggy in Britain.
Four By Two	Jews	Cockney rhyming slang "four by two" = Jew.
Fritz	Germans	WWI term? Common name perhaps?
Frog	French	The French are said to laugh like frogs. When they laugh, their adam's apples bulge out of their necks like frogs. Also perhaps from the French delicacy of frog-legs. Another possible derivation is the Fleur-de-Lys displayed on the French king's banner in the Middle Ages, which, to the English enemy, looked like squatting frogs. UK origins.
Frostback	Canadians	A play on "wetback", altered to fit Canadians.
Fruit-Picker	Hispanics	The Mexicans who cross the border often pick fruit, usually for pennies an hour. Often, when it is time to give the illegal aliens their meager wages, the plantation owner calls the border patrol to send them back.
Fubu	Blacks	As in the clothing line F.U.B.U., or known by African Americans as "For Us, By Us."
Fur Licker	French	Sexual preference.
Future Inmate	Blacks	Two-thirds of American inmates are Black.
G/Gee	Blacks	Shortened from Gangster or OG (Original Gangster). Used as a greeting between gang members ("Yo, G, what up?"). Used in a derogatory fashion by members of other races or non-gang members.
GED	Blacks	The highest level of education many Blacks get to.
Gabacho	Whites	Connotes "imperialist"; used by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans; apparently originated in Spain to refer to French.
Gai-jin	Whites	Japanese equivalent to "Goyim," refers to anyone not Japanese, but especially Westerners.
Gai-ko	Whites	Pronounced "guy-ko". Derogatory way of saying gaijin which is 'foreigner' (literally outside person) in Japanese.
Galleta	Whites	Means "cookie" in Spanish.
Gandhi	Indians	Famous Indian.
Gar	Blacks	Redneck term. Short for nig-GAR. Could also refer to the Gar, a fish similar to the piranha, found in streams in the Southern US and eating by many Southern Blacks.
Gardner	Hispanics	Hispanics do most of the hired gardening.
Gasbag	Native Americans	Some Natives are commonly prone to 'huffing' gas out of a plastic bag.
Gatemaster	Jews	Some say they are destined for hell.
Geechee	Blacks	Specifically a derogatory term referring to the Gullah culture of African ex-slaves on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina and Virginia.
Geep	Italians	From Pinnochio's "father" Gepetto, who was Italian.
General Tso	Chinese	As in General Tso's chicken.
German Oven Mitt	Jews	WWII.
Gew	Jews	A German Jew. Pronounced like 'goo'.
Ghetto	Blacks	Used to describe Black urban "Ebonic" syntax; can be used on anyone who speaks in such a manner.
Ghetto Hamster	Blacks	Black Children. A disposable pet.
Ghetto Monkey	Blacks	Blacks tend to live in ghettos.
Ghost	Whites	Ghosts are white.
Gimpy	Blacks	It is an often stereotype that most people who collect unemployment are black. And blacks pretend they are injured so they can collect.
Ginney/Guinea	Italians	Pronounced "gi-nee." Came from "Guinea Negro" and originally referred to any Black or any person of mixed ancestry. This dates back to the 1740's. By the 1890s it was being applied to Italians--almost certainly because they tend to have darker skin than Anglo-Saxons/Germans. By 1911 the term began being applied to Hispanics, although the reference to Italians is the most common.
Ginzo	Italians	From Guinee/Guinea.
Goldberg	Jews	Common Jewish name. Also has slight money-related reference.
Golden Toe	Whites	Whites who don't bathe get golden toes.
Golliwog	Blacks	Refers to an old black caricature doll.
Gomer	Whites	White goof Gomer Pyle from the television show of the same name. A spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show.
Goober	Whites	Black racists in NYC area use it to refer to Whites. Interestingly, the goober peanut was one of the food products imported from Africa for the slaves to eat.
Gook	Vietnamese	Term most likely dates back to the Philippine-American War (~1900) and has been used against a wide range of peoples, usually Asians but occasionally Europeans and even the English. Unknown origins, possibly "goo-goo," from the Tagalog language (a major language spoken in the Philippines). Although many have it originating in Korea either by referring Korea's original name, "Hanguk", or during the Korean War when Koreans would ask American GI's "Mi Guk?" ("American?" in Korean) which sounded like they were saying "Me gook." Was soon adopted for use in the Vietnam War.
Gookaniese	Vietnamese	Their language is Gookaniese.
Goombah	Italians	From the Italian word "Compare" (pronounced 'cumpa') meaning "a close friend." Considered a slur when used by non-Italians to describe an Italian male. Was first used by Louis Prima who was famous for bastardizing the Italian language in his witty songs for his American audience. The Goomba is also the weakest enemy in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. video game series.
Gorilla	Blacks	Another Black-primate reference.
Gorilla Head	Whites	Popular White 80s hairstyle called a 'mullet' is similar to a gorilla: short on top and long in the back. Countless small-town White folk still sport them.
Goy/Goyim	Whites	Used by Jews to describe White gentiles or non-Jews in general. The term "goyim" means "human cattle." Possible old Hebrew derivation from the word for nation (i.e. nations other than we.)
Grape-Stomper	Italians & French	They make wine.
Gravelbellies	Hispanics	Crawling across border on their bellies.
Grease Ball/Bag	Greeks, Italians & Hispanics	Possibly because of the grease they sometimes put in their hair or because of the types of food they make.
Greezer	Greeks	Play on word.
Grey	Whites	A white that tries to act black (white & black mix = grey). See: Wigger.
Greyboy/girl	Whites	See: Grey.
Gringo/a	Whites	This is truly only derogatory in regions of northern Mexico and in the United States where it translates to "white foreigner." Gringo/a in many other countries in Latin America really only translates as "foreigner" without a pejorative connotation. Is generally used to refer to all foreigners/tourists of apparently northern European descent. Some say it comes from Spanish "griego" (meaning Greek) which used to be used to refer to anything foreign. Others say it comes from hearing Americans sing the popular song "Green Grow the Rushes" (unlikely though). Yet others believe it comes from when soldiers were in South America and they all wore green outfits, and they would say, "Green Go."
Gro	Blacks	From neGRO.
Groid	Blacks	Short for Negroid.
Gronesha	Blacks	Black Women. Used at the Battle of Valley Forge to describe the Black women who prepared the cannons.
Groundskeeper Willie	Scottish	From the Scottish character in 'The Simpsons'.
Grout	Germans	WWII.
Guerro	Whites	Used by Hispanic-Americans.
Guido	Italians	Northern term referring to Italians who try to portray a mafia mentality. Feminine version is Guidette.
Guteater	Native Americans	They eat stomach lining (tripe) of deer, buffalo, etc.
Gwailo/Gweilo	Whites	Cantonese term to refer to any Western person. Also means 'White ghost' Gwai=ghost, lo=man. The first whites seen in China were sailors. The ships often left on early morning tides or during the night, causing the locals to believe they were "ghosts" who were seen and then disappeared.
Gwat	Central Americans	Short for Guatemalan.
Gyp/Gyppo	Egyptians	Play on word "Gypsy". Gyp also actually means a cheat or swindler.
Gypsy	Romanians	Some Romanians are gypsies. The ones that aren't would most likely take offense.
Habib	Indians	From some TV show or movie where a gas attendant was an Indian.
Habibi	Arabs	Translates in Arabic to "Beloved". Technically a term of affection but still sounds funny.
Hadji	Indians	Reference to a youthful East Indian side-kick character named Hadji from the '70s Saturday-morning cartoon, "Johnny Quest."
Hagwei/Hayquay	Blacks	Chinese origin showing dislike or hatred of Blacks or African Americans. Means 'black devil, or 'demon.'
Half Baked/Breed	Mixed Races	Black/White mix.
Half-Dick	Jews	Circumcision reference.
Halfrican	Mixed Races	Black/Any other race. Represents a person that is half African.
Haole	Whites	Pronounced "haow-lee." Refers to any non-Polynesians. It means "without breath" in Hawaiian, it was used to describe the ghost like appearance of Capt. Cook and his men when they first came ashore.
Hapshi	Africans	Animal like, originates in ancient India, when some slaves were imported from Africa. Still in use.
Harbor-Bomber	Japanese	The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, which caused the US to enter World War II.
Harlem	Blacks	Harlem's (NY) residents are primarily Black.
Harp	Irish	Perhaps derived from the fact that Harp Ale is brewed in Ireland or that the Harp is popular instrument amongst the Irish.
Hawaga/Khawaga	Whites	Originally a Persian word for "Lord". Heard in Egypt. Accent on second syllable.
Hay Seed	Whites	Slang term for country-farmer-type whites (or all whites in general).
Hebe	Jews	Short for Hebrew.
Hebro	Jews	Black Jews. Combination of "Hebrew" and "bro"
Heinee	Germans	Possibly from the root name, "Hein."
Heinz	Mixed Races	Any mix of races. From the label on the ketchup bottle reading "57 Varieties."
Helo	Whites	Whites who try to immerse themselves in hoodlum culture.
Hentai	Japanese	The Japanese have all kinds of weird sexual fetish stuff, which is all represented by the word "hentai."
Herm	Germans	Herman the German - self-explanatory.
Herring Choker	Scandinavians	Scandinavians are known for eating lots of fish.
Hick	Whites	Country dweller, rustic farmer, unsophisticated tourist. The whites that live in the country. Also, Sometimes they make a hicking noise when they are excited.
Hickory-Smoked	Jews	WWII.
Higger	Indians	Hindus who act Black.
High Yellow	Blacks	Light-skinned black person. Adjective, generally used by blacks in describing blacks with a light complexion.
Hillbilly	Whites	Redneck, Hick and Hillbilly are all used as derogatory terms for whites.
Hispandex	Hispanics	Don't know if Hispanics are known for wearing Spandex, but it sounds funny anyway.
Hitler	Germans	Self-explanatory.
Ho Baas	Blacks	Words uttered when a gun is pointed at Blacks in old South Africa. "Baas" being Afrikaans for boss.
Homey/Homie	Blacks	Synonymous with friend in the black community, used by other races to poke fun at that.
Honger	Chinese	Teenage Asian kids, that are fresh from Hong Kong. Usually found squatting in large groups and drive Honda's with spoilers.
Honky/Honkie (1)	Whites	Possibly comes from the term "Honky Tonk", which is a type of country music. Another interesting theory suggests it originated as "Hunky" (and "Bohunk") to refer to Slavic and Hungarian immigrants and eventually transformed into "Honkey" to refer to all White people. Might also come from the African Wolof word "Honq" meaning red or pink and used to describe white men. Yet another theory has it originating from white men honking their horns to call on the lounge singer/prostitute types in 1920's Harlem.
Honky/Honkie (2)	Asians	Asians hailing from Hong Kong.
Hooknose	Jews	In recognition of a common Hebrew facial characteristic.
Hoosier	Whites	Rednecks, trailer park trash.
Horse-Gums	Blacks	Self-explanatory.
Hoser	Canadians	From western-Canadian practice of stealing gas with a siphon, ending up with a mouthful of gasoline. Suggests low intelligence. On the Canadian TV show SCTV, "Bob and Doug McKenzie" always called each other Hosers.
Hot Dog Eater	Americans	Used by Canadians, referring to American tourists who eat a lot of hot dogs.
Hot Footer	Hispanics	Ones that can't swim across the border. See: Wet-Back.
Hotel	Blacks	Ebonics: "I gave the bitch crabs and the hotel everybody."
Hotnot	Blacks	Probably derived from Afrikaans "Hottentot", a name for a very traditional Khoisan group generally recognized as among the most primitive on earth.
House Nigger	Blacks	The slaves called the butlers house niggers, basic Uncle Tom reference.
Housekeeping	Hispanics	Many hotel housekeepers are Hispanic.
Hucka-lucka	Arabs	Derived from the sound of them speaking (as heard by a dumb American).
Hun	Germans	When the Europeans united to crush the Chinese boxer rebellion, Kaiser Wilhelm II said something like "let the Germans strike fear into the hearts, so hell be feared like the hun!" Europe laughed, name stuck.
Hunyak	East Europeans	Contraction of Hungarian & Polock.
Huskie	Eskimos	Refers to a type of dog found in Northern parts. 'Husky' also means large or overweight.
Hymie	Jews	Jesse Jackson once referred to New York City as "Hymie-town" (which got him in a lot of trouble).
Ian	Armenians	All their last names end in IAN.
Ice Monkey	Finlanders	Because of their clear skin and facial features.
Ice Nigger	Canadians	Canadian Blacks. It's cold in Canada. Coined by comedian Scott Thompson from the Kids in the Hall.
Iceback	Canadians	Another take on frozen Wetback. See Frostback.
Ikey-Mo	Jews	Abbreviation of "Isaac Moses".
Injun	Native Americans	Pioneer-related term dates back to the 19th century during the Western Expansion. Probably comes from country people who could not pronounce the word Indian correctly.
Inky	Blacks	Referring to the color of skin. Used mainly by darker-skinned Blacks to lighter-skinned Blacks. Also Ink Baby or Inkspot.
Island Monkey	English	Heard in Germany. Self explanatory.
Island Nigger	Polynesians	Polynesians live in islands and some have hair similar to that of Black people.
J.J.	Blacks	A goofy black guy, like the guy from Good Times.
J.O.	Amish	Pronounced 'cho.' Stands for Jerked Over. Refers to an Amish man who has left the church; no longer Amish. See: Cham.
JAP (2)	Jews	Stands for "Jewish-American Princess". Related to the familiar 'Yenta'.
Jabonee	Italians	What American-born Italians call immigrant Italians, as in "He/she is a real Jabonee right off the boat. Can't even speak English." Possibly a real Italian word bastardized by English-speaking Italian-Americans.
Jackamammy	Blacks	Combination of 'jack rabbit' and 'Aunt Jamima.' People have said that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people.
Jamairican	Jamaicans	Jamaican immigrants.
Jandel	Polynesians	Because most Polynesians wear jandels.
Janner	Cornish	Derogatory term used by the English.
Jap (1)	Japanese	Short for Japanese.
Japanigger	Asians	Describes Asians of unknown origin.
Jar Jar	Blacks	In Star Wars Episode 1, the computer-generated character Jar Jar Binks was filled with stereotypical black behavior. The actor who did the voice was also Black.
Jaundy Boy	Asians	Comes from Jaundice (Hepatitis), which turns your skin yellow.
Jerry	Germans	Brits called the Germans this in WWII. They thought it was a common German name.
Jersey-Dweller	Blacks	New Jersey = the arm pit of America, this does not mean that African Americans live in Jersey. However, in any city in America, African Americans can be found in the worst parts (or arm pits) of that city. Therefore making them Jersey-dwellers.
Jesus Killer	Jews	Christians in the times of WWII when the Jews were most hated used this slur as a reason to hate Jews.
Jew	Jews	Short for Jewish. Not really a slur but could be if you say it the right way.
Jew Killer	Germans	Reference to the Holocaust.
Jew-Bag	Jews	Reference to being cheap.
Jewbacca	Jews	Hairy Jews. In reference to the hairy creature Chewbacca from the Star Wars movies.
Jewban	Mixed Races	Jewish/Cuban Mix.
Jewbling	Jews	Small/young Jews.
Jewgaboo	Jews	A Jewish person that acts or tries to act like a black person or is half black.
Jewlet	Jews	Female Teenage Jews. Heard frequently in NY.
Jewmaican	Jews	A Jewish person that acts Jamaican or Rastafarian or is half Jamaican.
Jewrab	Mixed Races	Jewish/Arabian mix.
Jewxican	Mixed Races	Jewish/Mexican mix.
Jig	Blacks	Short for Jigaboo.
Jigaboo	Blacks	Very dark-skinned Black people. Usually used among lighter-skinned African-Americans to refer to ones of very dark complexion. Used in the 1975 movie "Cooley High." Often shortened to "Jig."
Jigger	Mixed Races	Jewish/Black mix. Jew + Nigger.
Jihadi	Mosslems	Mosslems in India have been branded after Jihad.
Jikky	British	?
Jim	Blacks	Heard it used by Renko on Hill Street Blues. He called an older black man "Jim" and the guy flipped out and roared, "Who are you callin' Jim?" Most likely comes from the old Black slave character Jim in the book _Tom Sawyer_.
Jim Crow	Blacks	Used a lot during the Civil War. He was a stereotypical minstrel show character, history described here. Also used to describe segregationist laws in the south, but I recently read about a bus driver who was fired for using the term to describe a black person.
Jock	Scottish	Heard in the UK. Because Joc is a common Scottish name.
Joe	Americans	Were referred to as "G.I. Joe" in World War II.
Jr. Mint	Blacks	White on inside, black on outside.
Jungle Bunny	Blacks	Jungle is referred to their jungle origins and bunny is referred to some people saying that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people.
KFC	Blacks	Black people like fried chicken.
Kaaskop	Dutch	Dutch for "cheese head".
Kabloonuk	Whites	Inuit (Eskimo) word for any non-Inuit. Literal translation means "person with bushy eyebrows."
Kaek	East Indian	Thais, living in Thailand, refer to the Indians (who have been in Thailand for at least 200 years, I think) as Kaeks, which means "guest" in Thai. Take a hint, already, guys! The word may also be spelled "kak" or any other way you like, since Thais use a different "alphabet." However, "kaek" is pronounced to rhyme with "crack."
Kaffer/ir	Blacks	Afrikaaner word for blacks, very derogatory. Made popular by Lethal Weapon 2.
Kafir	Non-Arabs	Kafir is an Arabic word with meanings similar to Goy or Goyim of the Jews, only describing any non-Muslim person in a derogatory way. S. African Kaffir possibly imported during the Boer War by British soldiers who had fought in the Sudanese campaign.
Kala	Blacks	Indian word for the color black. Used by Indians as a slur for black people.
Katzenfresser	Italians	German slur meaning "cat eater".
Khazar	Jews	The Khazar Empire converted en mass to Judaism, in 740 A.D. and allegedly (see Koestler's book, _The Thirteenth Tribe_) formed the bulk of the Ashkenazi Jews. Many conspiracy theorists and White Nationalists refer to Jews as Khazars. Search the web from more...
Kike	Jews	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.
Kingfish	Blacks	From Amos & Andy. Usually in reference to a poor, older black man.
Kiwi	New Zealanders	The native bird is the Kiwi. Not necessarily a slur to New Zealanders.
Knees Grow	Blacks	Comes from Negro.
Knuckle-Dragger	Blacks	Often believed that black people have longer arms than other races and therefore their knuckles would drag.
Koku-jin	Blacks	Japanese term for Blacks or anyone of African descent.
Kotonk	Japanese	Mainland-Born Japanese-Americans when a Buddhahead would beat a mainland kids head, the hollow sound coming from the head was "kotonk, kotonk." See: Buddhahead.
Kraut	Germans	Short for sauerkraut, a popular German food.
Kukolokod	Alaskans	?
Kung-fu	Chinese	Chinese delivery person, mainly 'Is that Kung-Fu with my Lo Mein?'
Kunta/Kunta Kinte	Blacks	From Kunta Kinte in the book/movie "Roots."
Kurombo	Blacks	Used in Japan; considered very derogatory. Comes from "kuro" (=black color) and "bo" (casual suffix meaning young man).
Landya	Muslims	Actually means 'cut cocks' because of the rite of circumcising followed by Muslims.
Lao-wai	Whites	Applies to all foreigners in China. Literally means "Old Outsider."
Latrino	Hispanics	Combination of "Latino" and "Latrine."
Lava Lamp	Hawaiians	Also works on Pacific Islanders or anyone in the volcanic circle.
Lawn Jockey	Blacks	Most all Lawn Jockeys are Black, sometimes also known as Porch Monkey. Author Ralph Ellison used the term to describe black people who felt/were treated as if they were speaking on behalf of the black race.
Leb/Lebbo	Lebanese	Pretty Self-explanatory. Used a lot in Australia where there was a large arrival of Lebanese immigrants in the mid 80's.
Lefty	Arabs	Thieves in the Arab countries get their hand chopped off.
Lemonhead	Asians	Skin color.
Leprechaun	Irish	From the well-known old Irish myth of the chubby green-clad gnome (what happens when you mix Catholicism with Paganism). Popularized in America by Lucky from the Lucky Charms cereal and St. Patrick's Day.
Leroy	Blacks	A stereotypically black name. Typically used as the name of a character is a racial joke, e.g.
Limey	British	The British sailors ate a lot of limes to prevent scurvy (18th and 19th centuries). Limey implies lime-eaters.
Lincoln's Mistake	Blacks	US President Abraham Lincoln is known to have freed the slaves.
Linthead	Whites	Poor working-class whites. I guess it refers to soot from factories getting in their hair.
Little (Black) Sambo	Blacks	As with the Golliwog, originated as a relatively benign though mildly offensive characterization and was adapted by other writers to embody many black stereotypes of the time. Currently embodies stereotypes of docility, laziness, stupidity, and disloyalty.
Lobsterbacks	British	Redcoats in Revolutionary War.
Lofan	Whites	Anglo-Americans. A Chinese word, not necessarily derogatory.
Lowlander	Dutch	The Netherlands are below sea level.
Lucius	Blacks	Commonly used on poor black people. During the period prior to the Civil War, many blacks were named after famous Romans (e.g. Lucius, Marcus, Scipio, etc.)
Lugans	Lithuanians	Reasons unknown. Possible origins in the Chicago area.
Macaroni	Italians	The famous macaroni noodle originated in Italy.
Mackerel Snapper	Irish	Irish or any Catholic. I guess because the Mackerel is a common fish in the North Atlantic?
Maggot	Whites	Maggots breed from filth and when the Whites came to America, they brought with them rats and diseases therefore wiping out half of the Native American population. Hence the term "maggots".
Makaronifresser	Italians	German. Fressen is impolite term for eating (people essen, but animals fressen).
Maldito Bori	Puerto Ricans	Puerto Ricans come from Boriquen and call themselves Boriquas. Bori is short for that. Maldito is used so commonly before Bori by many other Hispanics because they steal, rob, kill, and smell. Maldito means "god-damned".
Mammy	Blacks	Similar to Aunt Jemima. Stereotype of black women as nannies to white children, especially overweight black women - see "Gone With The Wind".
Mandingo	Blacks	In reference to the 1975 blacksploitation movie with the same name.
Mandinka	Blacks	Reference to the motion picture "Roots": A Mandinka warrior was a 'Big Black Buck'.
Mangosteen	Indians	The mangosteen is a fruit that grows in the East Indies and is black on the outside but white on the inside. Refers to Indians who have forgotten their heritage.
Mangro-Monkey	Blacks	Monkeys live in mangroves.
Maple Leaf Nigger	Canadians	Their flag has a maple leaf on it.
Massa	Whites	Black Southern speech. The Negro slaves addressed their Masters in this way.
Mayate	Blacks	Hispanics term for 'Nigger.'
Mayonnaise	Whites	Skin color.
Meat Pie	Asians	"Yellow on the outside, black on the inside."
Med Wop	Mediterraneans	Self-explanatory.
Melanzana	Blacks	Italian for "eggplant" - very dark black people have a purplish tint to their skin, so does eggplant.
Mellanoid	Blacks	Dictionary: one having dark pigmentation.
Melon Johnny	Blacks	Italian slang for Blacks.
Mestizo	Hispanics	Specifically, Spanish/Native American mixed breed. Not polite, but not taboo either. From the Spanish word for "mixed".
Mexicoon	Mixed Races	Mexican/Black mix.
Mexijew	Mixed Races	Mexican/Jewish mix.
Michelli	Whites	Commonly used to refer to Whites living in southern United States.
Mick/Mic/Mc	Irish	Many Irish surnames begin with "Mc" or "Mac." Many Irish are also named after the famed Michael Collins, making Michael (Mick) a very common name. Not as derogatory as Paddy.
Midnight	Blacks	Self-explanatory.
Milano	Mixed Races	Black/White mix. In reference to the cookie.
Milkman	Blacks	Black men who prefer white women. Used by blacks.
Milky	Whites	Referring to their racism and white skin.
Mississippi Blue Lip	Blacks	Old redneck term.
Mockey	Jews	Andrew Dice Clay among others have used it.
Mof/Moffen	Germans	Used by the Dutch in the 2nd World War.
Mohow	Native Americans	Indians have Mohawks & Pow wows.
Mojo	Hispanics	Normally used among Hispanics towards other Hispanics. "Mojo" derives from "mojado" meaning "wet" i.e. wet-backs. Mojados are Mexican citizens while pochos are Mexican-Americans.
Moke	Hawaiians	Refers to how locals in Hawaii are big/fat/dumb. Used by locals similar to how blacks use "nigger."
Monkey	Blacks	Derived from their appearance, which sometimes can be simian-like (or more so than other races).
Monkeyboy	Blacks	People once believed, because of their high cranium, blacks were close cousins to primates.
Montu	Blacks	Old African word that refers to tribes people.
Mook	Chinese	A 'mook jonk' is a wooden dummy used in kung fu. Word defined as "an ineffectual, foolish, or contemptible person."
Mooliachi	Blacks	Female version of Mooley. Used in The Godfather.
Moolie	Blacks	Shortened from Melanzane, meaning "eggplant" in Italian. Eggplants have black skin.
Moolignon	Blacks	Most likely a combination of Moolie and hooligan.
Moon Cricket (1)	Blacks	See Cricket. Possibly derived from the "MC" often used after many black nicknames.
Moon Cricket (2)	Whites	The slur is also used by some Native Americans against whites: "moon" as in pale, and "cricket" as in whites have big eyes and gangly legs. Whites also make annoying sounds like crickets.
Moor	Blacks	For the black Muslims that invaded Europe during the Middle Ages. Also used as derogatory against those of ancestry where the Moors settled (Spain, Sicily) - they are "part Moor".
Moosefucker	Canadians	Tom Green, a Canadian, mocked sexual contact with a moose on his television show.
Morta Cristo	Jews	Italian for 'Christ-killer.'
Moss Eater	Whites	White trash in the Pacific Northwest.
Mottisa	Blacks	Back in slave days the Black servants would ask "Mo tee Sah", which in proper English translates to "More tea Sir?"
Mouse	Whites	Used by Blacks to refer to nervous ("shook") white people walking through the ghetto.
Mud Duck	Blacks	Dark skin. See Mud People.
Mud People	Blacks	Sentiment that only Wasps are born with souls, everyone else God made from mud. Also suggests life without meaning, value or worth. Used by the church that was attended by Mr. Smith - the hate killer that shot up a bunch of Jews and Blacks in the summer of '99.
Mud Shark	Whites	White girls who date black men.
Muhammad	Arabs	Common name.
Muk/Muktuk	Eskimos	Comes from the main Eskimo food source - Muktuk - whale fat/meat.
Mullato	Mixed Races	Black/White mix, usually. The Spanish "Mullato" translates to "like a mule." Could refer to any mixed breed.
Mulletard	Whites	Retarded white trash with a mullet.
Mullethead	Whites	Bad hair cut (short on top, long in back) rural whites sport fashionably. Could easily be shortened to just "mullet."
Mung	Vietnamese	Vietnamese people that were relocated to America by the US government during and after the Vietnam War. It's actually the correct pronunciation of the word "Hmong", mountain-dwelling people inhabiting southeastern China and the northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Also used derisively to apply to all Asian persons. Also a type of bean/bean sprout used in oriental cuisine.
Muppetfucker	Whites	Backwoods inbred rednecks of the U.S. south are called muppetfuckers because they look like Muppets.
Mutt	Mixed Races	Any mix of races. The regular use of 'mutt' refers to dogs of mixed breed.
N'er	Blacks	Nonchalant way of saying "nigger."
Nacho	Hispanics	Based on the popular snack.
Naco	Hispanics	Native Mexicans. Used as an insult by city dwellers on indigenous, small town inhabitants or vulgar people even from the big city.
Naga	Blacks	North American Ground Ape; Affectionately used by the LAPD during the Watts riot in Los Angeles.
Nagur	Blacks	The Irish-Americans called black people "Nagurs" because they could not pronounce the word "Nigger" with their accent.
Nammer	Vietnamese	Derived from Vietnam being called "Nam".
Napkin Nigger	Indians	Obvious reasons.
Nappy Head	Blacks	Refers to hair type.
Narrow Back	Irish	Heard used on jobsites around NYC amongst the many Irish immigrant workers and every time one Irish immigrant calls another this slur it has always ended in a bloody fistfight.
Nate	Native Americans	Shortened. Could probably be used on any native peoples.
Nazi	Germans	Self-explanatory.
Neck	Whites	Shortened version of 'redneck.'
Neechee	Native Americans	Love of Lychee fruit.
Negative	Blacks	South African - Referred to as undeveloped (as in film negatives).
Negro	Blacks	Once acceptable, it is now often taken derogatorily by Blacks.
Nelly	Blacks	Like Mammy. Common black name/character in Antebellum South.
Nethead	Hispanics	Chicano slur used in L.A. From Mexican boys wearing thin nets to cover their hair.
Newfie	Canadians	Newfoundlanders. Some of the people from Newfoundland are considered to be less intelligent.
Ni-ni	Blacks	Used instead of "nigger" in potentially sensitive company, to avoid being overheard, or to appear politically correct.
Nickel Nose	Jews	Money and Facial characteristic.
Nig-nog	Blacks	Used in England. Probably from the Dutch "niknok" (=nigger) by way of South Africa.
Nigger	Blacks	Most likely originates with the Latin word "niger" which translates to "black". Similar words for "black" exist in other languages (Spanish, for example, is "negro"). Also somewhat relates to the African country Nigeria, which is primarily black. Many variations exist, including "Nig", "Nigel", "Niggy", "Niggly", etc.
Niggerette	Blacks	Black women. Adapted from: Nigger, See: Nigger.
Niggerican	Mixed Races	Black/Puerto Rican mix.
Niggeroid	Blacks	Usually light skinned mixed breed black and any other race.
Nigglet	Blacks	Black children. Adapted from: Nigger, See: Nigger.
Nigloo	Blacks	In northern Canada, it refers to Blacks living way up north in the cold with the Eskimos.
Nigra	Blacks	Used by Whites in the Jim Crow South who were too lace-curtain to say "nigger" but too racist to say "Negro."
Niknok	Blacks	Dutch version of Nigger.
Nikon	Asians	Popular brand of camera. Asian tourists are known to take a lot of photographs.
Nine Iron	Asians	Golf club with a dramatic degree of loft, ostensibly resembling stereotypical Asian 'slanted' eyes.
Ninja	Blacks	Ninjas wear black clothing.
Ninky	Mixed Races	Black/White mix. See Carlton or Zebra. It can be both.
Nip/Nipper	Japanese	Short for Nippon meaning "Japan".
Niponese	Japanese	Used instead of 'Japanese.'
Nit	Native Americans	Refers to the belief that Native Americans had lice.
Nog	Blacks	Stands for "Nigger Out of Gas". Used by White police officers to describe Blacks who run out of gas and wait for the police to supply them some, which, supposedly, by law they have to do.
Nordski	Scandinavians	They come from "da Nord".
Nubian Princess	Blacks	Originally was a compliment for Black women, grew popularity from the movie "Friday" then was commonly used mockingly under mentality that a Nubian meaning African even with a title of princess is still a Nigger.
Number 2	Blacks	Usually when checking off racial or ethnic background African-American is the second choice.
Nuprin	Asians	"Little, yellow, different."
Nurple	Blacks	African Blacks, specifically. "So black they appear purple."
Ocnod	Arabs	A bastardization of Achnad, a common Arab name.
Octroon/Octaroon	Mixed Races	A person who is 1/8th Black. Originated by the Spanish in the 14th/15th century as they were very exact in their racial classifications to determine a person's worth in society.
Ofay	Whites	Pig Latin for "foe" - opposite of "friend." Used to be popular with political types who were down with their "African Roots."
Olive Nigger	Greeks	Greece is renowned for its olives.
Orange Picker	Hispanics	From all the Hispanics that work in the agriculture industry in California.
Orb	Blacks	The word 'bro' backwards.
Oreo (1)	Blacks	A black person who acts white. Black on the outside, white on the inside. Or a person who half black/half white.
Oreo (2)	Asians	Oreo is bastardized form of Oriental.
Oriental	Asians	Considered offensive because it typically refers to inanimate objects.
Orlando	Blacks	Used by other black people to refer to the 'old-school' blacks who do not keep current with the 'gansta' styles of music or clothing.
Osrouge	Mixed Races	Native American/Black. ?
Oven-Baked	Jews	World War II reference.
Oven-Dwellers	Jews	World War II reference.
PWT	Whites	Poor White Trash
Pakeha	New Zealanders	White New Zealanders only. Maori for "white devil". Curiously, this is an official term.
Paki	Pakistanis	Short for Pakistani.
Pakoniggy	Mixed Races	Pakistani/Black mix.
Paleface	Whites	Skin pigmentation.
Pancake	Asians	Facial characteristics.
Panda	Panamanians	Mispronunciation.
Panface	Chinese	Faces flat like they were hit with a pan.
Panhead	Asians	Facial characteristics.
Pappolo	Blacks	Hawaiian for Blacks.
Pastyface	Whites	Used mainly by Blacks to refer to a really pale White person. The vanilla, creamy color of Whites' skin that seldom gets exposed to the sun. Derogatory in nature.
Patel	Indians	Means "Innkeeper" or "Motel Owner". Pal is a name of rich, land owning Indians. It means landowner. It's a slur because only the rich Indians would come to western countries years ago, a flood of patels.
Patty/Paddy	Irish	Derogatory slur word for Irish people. Used mainly in Britain. Similar negativity connotations as "nigger". Comes from St. Patrick.
Peckerwood	Whites	Originated in the South (pre-Civil War by the slaves). Comes from red-necked woodpecker. See: Redneck
Penny Chaser	Jews	The old "Jews are cheap" thing.
Pepperbelly	Hispanics	They eat a lot of peppers
Persuasion	Whites	Similar sound to Caucasion; Implies their persuasive, scandalous actions and attitudes.
Petrol Sniffers	Aborigines	In Australia they sniff all the petrol and gas.
Pickaninny	Blacks	From the days of slavery. Three possible origins: The slave owners would "pick a nincompoop" from the lineup of slaves; or the slave children who couldn't pick cotton "ain't pickaninny"; in some parts of the south, breasts are referred to as ninnys, so pickaninny was a reference to blacks being used as wetnurses.
Pie Face	Native Americans	Round shape of their faces.
Piffke	Germans	Pronounced "pif - ka." Used by Bavarians/Austrians to refer to North Germans (after a famous Prussian with the last name "Pieffke").
Pineapple Nigger	Hawaiians	Pineapples grow there.
Pinewood	Whites	Pine being a whiter colored wood than most.
Ping-pang	Asians	Mimics the way their language sounds to non-Asians.
Pinko	Russians	Originally referred to Communist sympathizers - later as a general slur against all Leftists, including Communist Party members. Now pretty much synonymous with Russians/Communists.
Pinky Poops	Mixed Races	Vietnamese/Black mix. For when Black soldiers had kids with Vietnamese women.
Pinto	Mixed Races	White/Native American mix. Pinto horses are white and brown.
Pit	Blacks	Black Children. Stands for 'Perpetrator In Training.'
Pizza	Jews	Both go in the oven.
Pizzabagel	Mixed Races	Italian/Jewish mix. Popular in New York as Italian and Jewish neighborhoods grew together.
Po'bucker	Whites	Corruption of West African "Buuker" meaning devil, boogie-man or white man. Poor white trash were referred to as "Po'buckers".
Po-Bean	Hispanics	Short for Poor Beaner.
Pocho	Hispanic-Americans	Chicano derogatory term referring to Hispanics who can't speak Spanish. Used by Hispanics.
Pogue	Irish	Possibly from Irish Gaelic "pog mi hone", meaning "kiss my arse".
Pohm	British	"Prisoner Of Her Majesty". Used mainly in Australia as a derogatory term for British People. Comes from the fact that Australia was a prisoner colony for British Prisoners.
Poi-belly	Hawaiians	Hawaiians eat a lot of poi (taro root) and are fat.
Point-Six (.6)	Blacks	Reference to the 3/5ths Compromise, where the US Gov't decided that slaves (Blacks) only counted as 3/5ths of a person for population reasons. (3/5=.6)
Pointy-Head	Asians	J. W. Pepper says it a number of times in "The Man with the Golden Gun" while speaking to some Asians in Bangkok.
Polarican	Mixed Races	Polish/Puerto Rican mix.
Poliski	Polish	Self-explanatory.
Pollo	Hispanics	The U.S. Border Patrol uses this term to refer to illegal aliens. Pollo means chicken in Spanish. Agents call the illegals Pollos on their service radios.
Polock	Polish	Polish pronunciation of "Polish."
Pom	British	Used by Australians. It's the acronym of "Port of Melbourne", the port where British immigrants landed in the colonization of Australia.
Pome	British	'Property Of Mother England' Used in Australia, New Zealand, etc. Probably related to and/or another version of Pom.
Poo	Blacks	Poo-Poo (Feces are black or brown in color.)
Popolo	Blacks	The Hawaiian version of "nigger".
Porch-Monkey	Blacks	Presumably referring to when blacks would sit on their porches to cool themselves off, not being as fortunate as whites, who had fans.
Pork and Cheese	Portuguese	Sounds similar.
Pork-chop	Portuguese	Sounds similar.
Portagee	Portuguese	Common term for those of Portuguese origin of someone who talks a lot.
Portajew	Mixed Races	Puerto (Porta) Rican/Jewish mix.
Potato Head	Irish	The Irish grow potatoes.
Powder	Whites	Skin color. Might be from the albino guy in the movie Powder.
Powerpoint	Asians	Used mainly by Australians. Australian electricity outlets are commonly called power points, they are said to look like a stick figure drawing of an Asian face.
Prairie Nigger	Native Americans	Where Natives originate, or were sent
Pretendian	Native Americans	Native Americans who claim to be pure, but are just mixed-breeds. I suppose this could refer to any mixed -ian race.
Pubie	Blacks	Refers to the pubic-like hair on blacks' heads.
Puckhead	Canadians	For their love of hockey.
Puddle Duck	Blacks	Not positive, something to do with being dirty or muddy, representing the dark coloration of skin.
Pull-Start	Arabs	Reference to pulling their turbans off their heads.
Punjab	Indians	Punjab is the Indian character from "Little Orphan Annie." Also represents the Punjab region of India (near the Punjab river). When the British took over India, they used it as a derogatory term for the natives there.
Push-Button	Indians	Refers to the caste-mark (dot) on their foreheads. Push-Start also.
Pusher-Man	Blacks	Drug dealing is the popular occupation in urban ghettos.
Quadroon	Mixed Races	A person who is 1/4 Black. Coined during the Civil War, referring to how White you had to be in order to serve in the army.
Race-Traitor	Mixed Races	White/Any other race mix. Term used by whites for any person of mixed race or who marries a non-white..
Rafter	Cubans	Self-Explanatory.
Rag-head	Arabs	Referring to turbans, a Muslim headdress. Also: Towel-head.
Ragu	Italians	Spaghetti sauce.
Rail-Hopper	Chinese	In early America many Chinese were sent to build the railroads.
Red (1)	Native Americans	Skin color.
Red (2)	Russians	Refers to the color of the Communist revolution, as well as old Red Russia. Too, "Red Army." See J. Edgar Hoover's use.
Red Coat	British	Used during the Revolutionary War, because of the Red coats the British army wore.
Red Nigger	Native Americans	Self-explanatory.
Red Sea Pedestrian	Jews	Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea from Egypt. Heard in Monty Python's "Life of Brian."
Redbone	Blacks	Used by darker-colored Blacks to refer to Blacks with a very light complexion. Origin unknown. Link
Redneck	Whites	Previously referred only to the rural prejudice whites, mostly farmers, who have reddish necks (or a "farmer's tan"). However, its usage has become a lot looser and now includes any racist white. See: Peckerwood
Redskin	Native Americans	Skin color.
Reggie	Blacks	Common name, especially for famous Black sports stars.
Regin	Blacks	Niger backwards.
Ric	Whites	White person who tries to act black. Stands for Racial Identity Crisis.
Rice Chaser	Whites	White men who solely go after (or have a fetish for) Asian women.
Rice King	Whites	White men who date Asian women.
Rice-Eater	Asians	Popular food among Asians.
Rice-Paddy	Asians	Places where they grow rice in Asia and Japan.
Rice-Picker	Asians	Because they pick rice. Probably the Asian version of 'Cotton Picker.'
Rico Suave	Hispanics	The 80's singer/rapper of the same name.
River-Crosser	Hispanics	Self-explanatory.
Roach-Rancher	Arabs	Their apartments often have roaches, which they are forbidden to kill.
Roid	Blacks	Short for Negroid.
Roo	Australians	Commonly used due to their extensive supply of the specific animal "kangaroo", used as an offensive term to describe them and the way they walk. Often bouncing around and moving, like kangaroos.
Roof Rabbit Killer	Chinese	Roof rabbit = cat. Chinese eat cat, therefore roof rabbit killer.
Roofucker	Australians	Kangaroo-fucker. Australian version of Sheepfucker. Used often on USENET and other internet forums.
Rooineck	British	South African version of redneck.
Rosbif	British	French origins. From pasty-complexioned British tourists who go to French beaches on holiday and immediately get sunburned the color of "roast beef".
Rosuke	Russian	Used by Japanese. Ro means Russia in Japanese. Suke is the suffix attached Japanese common name.
Round-Eye	Whites	Japanese derogatory term for American whites.
Rubberhead	Canadians	Heads bounce off ice in hockey games.
Rube	Whites	In the same league as hick. See: Hick.
Ruble Head	Russians	Originated because of the national currency and it's origin.
Rug-Pilot	Arabs	The whole magic carpet thing.
Rug-Rider	Arabs	See: Rug Pilot.
Ruskie	Russians	The Russian word for the Russian language is pronounced "pa-rooski." Was popular during the Cold War.
Rutabaga	Swedes	Swedes cherish this thick bulbous edible yellow root; used as food and animal feed, which is even called the Swede or Swedish turnip.
SBH	Asians	Represents their Straight Black Hair.
Safe	Blacks	Because the government gives them food, housing, money and protects them from "hate".
Sailors	Blacks	Because they constantly wear the clothing line Nauitica, yet very, very few own a boat.
Salmon Nigger	Native Americans	Salmon was a primary food source for Northwestern Native Americans.
Saltine	Whites	Same color as skin. Same sentiments expressed as in "cracker."
Saltwater Nigger	Cubans	Immigrants who come to America by boats or ships (or rafts).
Sambo (1)	Asian Indians	Derives from the traditional children's story, "The Story of Little Black Sambo" about an Asian Indian who had dark skin.
Sambo (2)	Blacks	See Little (Black) Sambo.
Sand Moolie	Arabs	Same idea as Sand Nigger, only with Moolie.
Sand Nigger	Arabs	They look like blacks and they live in deserts, hence the name.
Sassenach	British	From Scotland. Scottish Gaelic 'sassanach', derived from Saxon, meaning English. Also Welsh "Sassain". Link
Sayeedi/Saeedi	Egyptians	Used by Cairenes to refer to inhabitants of Upper Egypt.
Scap	Mixed Races	Scottish/Japanese mix.
Scheiss-Ami	Americans	Used by Germans as derogatory reference of Americans.
Schiptar	Albanians	U.S. Army in Kosovo.
Schmeisser	Germans	WWII term for a German soldier, derived from a machine gun of the same make.
Schwarzie	Blacks	'Schwarz' is German for 'black.'
Schwoogie	Blacks	Believed to be contraction of Yiddish/German schwatrz (black) and boogie.
Scratch-Back	Hispanics	Mexicans (illegals) who crawl under fences, getting their backs scratched up in the process, to get into America.
Seagull	Filipinos	Possibly from how Filipinos often travel overseas to work like migratory birds (although the seagull is not migratory...). Heard in Japan, used by non-Japanese.
Seal-Fucker	Canadians	Extension of sheep-fucker, roo-fucker, etc.
Seinfeld	Jews	Probably one of the most famous Jews.
Self-Chosen, The	Jews	In reference to their moniker 'chosen people of God.'
Semi-Simian	Blacks	Simian meaning of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes.
Semihole	Native Americans	Referring to the Seminole tribe.
Seppo	Americans	Short for Septic, see Septic.
Septic	Americans	Cockney rhyming slang. Septic Tank - Yank: Full of shit.
Sexican	Hispanics	Refers to how fast the Mexican-American population is increasing.
Shadow-Smurf	Blacks	They the darkest of all Smurfs.
Shagitz/Shiksa	Whites	These are commonly used words in Yiddish. They are the male and female form (respectively) of the older Hebrew word for worm or insect and as such are negative. They are also commonly used in an almost neutral way, but they are never complementary. Shagitz is pronounced "shaygitz." Term "Shiksa" used in Jewish religious books such as the Talmud when referring to white gentile women.
Shant	Irish	Poor Irish People. Derived from the shacks they lived in -- the shanty.
Sheeny	Jews	From Yiddish "shaine" or German "schon" meaning "beautiful".
Sheepfucker	Scottish or Welsh	There's a myth that Scotsmen and/or Welsh have a thing for buggering sheep. The sheep are said to outnumber the people in both some European and Australian countries/states. On an interesting note, the first sheep was cloned in Scotland.
Sheister	Jews	Like a shyster lawyer. One who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.
Shilaeli Hugger	Irish	Shilaeli is a staff commonly use by the Irish.
Shine/Shiner	Blacks	In reference to the shine their skin can sometimes give off. Also a 1920's main occupation, shoe shiners.
Shit-Kicker	Whites	From farmers or country boys walking through the cow pastures.
Shitheel	Blacks	Slang term for a Black servant. Southern origins.
Shitskin	Blacks	Color of skin.
Shoe	Dutch	Name is derived from the wooden shoes they would wear.
Shoe Shiner	Blacks	Many shoe shiners in cities are black.
Shovel-Head	Koreans	Believed their heads look like shovels.
Shvartz	Blacks	Yiddish (German origin) word for Black. Used neutrally and disparagingly.
Shylock	Jews	Comes from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello". Similar to sheister.
Silverback	Blacks	Old Black.
Silvery	Blacks	Cockney rhyming slang for Coon - Silvery Moon - Silvery.
Skillet	Blacks	Refers to the color of iron skillets.
Skimo	Eskimos	Derogatory slang of 'Eskimo'.
Skinflint	Blacks	Skin appearance related.
Skip	Whites	White Australians specifically. From "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo."
Skips	Australians	From Skippy the bush kangaroo.
Slant	Asians	Facial description -- referring to the eyes.
Slantey-eye'd	Asians	Facial description -- referring to the eyes.
Slave	Blacks	Self-explanatory.
Slim Shady	Whites	From the Rapper Eminem, thought of as a white person who tries to be black.
Slit	Asians	Another eye reference.
Slope/Slopehead	Vietnamese/Asians	Facial description, Self-explanatory.
Smigger	Blacks	From the joke "what do you call a Black Smurf?"
Smoke	Blacks	From the similarity between their skin color and the color of smoke. Also from the way that they were said to be able to sneak around quietly, entering a room "like smoke".
Smoke Jumper	Whites	White women who date Black men.
Smokefoot	Blacks	Color of feet.
Snigger	Blacks	"Snow nigger." Black people seen on the ski slopes; a stereotype that they generally don't go skiing because they dislike the cold.
Snipes	Blacks	Wesley Snipes is the blackest of the Black people.
Snow Nigger	Eskimos	Self-explanatory.
Snowback	Canadians	Play on 'wet-back'.
Snowflake (1)	Blacks	Was used to indicate an educated black man during the civil war; white collar blacks were pretty rare - only white people had desk jobs.
Snowflake (2)	Jews	When they would burn the Jews and the ashes would come out the smoke stacks. (See Schiendler's List)
Sole	Samoan	Pronounced 'So Lee,' short for Samoan.
Sorta Rican	Puerto Ricans	Mix of Puerto Rican and any other race. Read in National Lampoon.
Spade	Blacks	The spades in decks of cards are black.
Spanglish	Hispanics	Spanish-Americans; English-speaking Hispanics, also the language they speak.
Spear-Chucker	Blacks	Comes from the hunting styles of African natives.
Spec	Hispanics	Baby Spic. See: Spic.
Speed Demon	Hispanics	Amphetamines are popular among Hispanics.
Spegro	Mixed Races	Spanish/Black mix.
Spew	Mixed Races	Spanish/Jewish mix.
Spic	Hispanics	Short for Hispanic. Might also be acronym of SPanish, Indian, and Colored, coming from the mixed breeds that resulted from the union of Spanish colonists, Indian natives, and Black (colored) slaves. Another theory has it originating from the response Mexicans would give when spoken to in English and they didn't understand. They would say, "I don't SPIC English".
Spickaboo	Mixed Races	Mexican/Black mix. Derived from 'Spic' and 'Jigaboo.'
Spigger	Mixed Races	Hispanics/Black mix. Combination of 'Spic' and 'Nigger.'
Spink	Mixed Races	Spanish/Chinese mix. Combination of 'Spic' and 'Chink.'
Spizzician	Mixed Races	Hispanic/Guatemalan mix. Pronounced "spizzz-ik-ien."
Splib	Blacks	? Possibly originated sometime in the 1960's.
Spoda	Blacks	How blacks talk (ex.) "We ain't Spoda be here." (we aren't supposed to be here)
Spook	Blacks	Because of their dark skin, which can blend into the night, making them ghost-like.
Spoon	Blacks	From the reflection you see when looking at a spoon.
Sprout	Belgians	Obscure Monty Python reference; take on "brussel sprouts", hence Belgians.
Spudnigger	Irish	Irish/Potato relationship. Also, Spudfucker.
Sputnik	Russians	The world's first artificial satellite sent into space. Not really a heinous threat, but sounds that way.
Squarehead	Germans or Swedes	Shape of head, late 19th/early 20th century American word.
Squaw	Native Americans	Refers to Native American women. Usually thought to refer to a woman's vagina, but this is fairly controversial.
Squint/Squinty	Asians	Referring to their eyes.
Stovelid	Blacks	A book from the 1950's set in Florida (_The Lotus Eaters_) used Stovelid, which makes some sense if you've ever operated a big wood stove - the lids are the disks set into the big holes on top (these eventually became burners when the design was refined to use gas or electric).
Stovepipe	Blacks	Stovepipes from wood-fired stoves get encrusted with black soot, hence the association.
Strange Fruit	Blacks	Coined by Blacks during slavery to refer to other Blacks who were hanged from trees. See: Apple (2).
Stump/Tree Jumper	Whites	Rednecks use Stump Jumper or Tree Jumper against hillbillies lower than themselves, but they also use it to point out hillbillies that commit incest- jumping the family tree.
Sub-Human	Blacks	They are said to be the missing link between apes and humans.
Suntan	Blacks	Refers to their dark skin color.
Swamp Kike	Cajuns	It has been said that Cajuns are the Jews of Louisiana because of their propensity for commerce and finance. The slur is used by any non-Cajun, Black and White alike.
Swamp Yankee	Americans	Of the same nature as "trailer trash", but referring to a poor Whites who live in the boonies.
Sweaty	Blacks	Perception that blacks appear sweaty and greasy.
Swirlie	Mixed Races	Black/White mix.
TPT	Whites	Short for "trailer park trash."
Tabeetsu	Whites	Used by Chinese. Means "great-nosed ones".
Table Face	Asians	They tend to have flat faces.
Taco Bender	Hispanics	Because they eat tacos.
Taco Nigger	Hispanics	Because they eat tacos.
Taffy	Welsh	The Taff is the name of the river that runs through Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Also from a poem that starts: "Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief..."
Tai-chink	Asians	Martial arts.
Tape Head	Asians	Facial characteristics--slanted eyes as if someone pulled back their eyes using Scotch tape around the back of their head.
Tar Baby	Blacks	Skin color. From the "Uncle Remus" (Br'er Rabbit) story.
Target	Iraqis	Gulf War related.
Tater Tot	Irish	Irish Child.
Tea-wop	British	Tea-drinking immigrants.
Teabag	British	Self-explanatory.
Tee-Pee Creeper	Native Americans	Some live in tee-pees.
Terrence	Blacks	Likely comes from the black singer Terence Trent D'Arby, who claimed that his debut album was the most important album since "Sgt. Pepper" and then bored his audience with self-important lyrics, losing major credibility in the process.
Thin-Eyed	Asians	In Russian "uzko glaziye" means "thin eyed" and is used for referring to all Far East Asians.
Three-Fifth (3/5)	Blacks	Same vain as Point-Six. In reference to the 3/5ths Compromise, where the US Gov't decided that slaves (Blacks) only counted as 3/5ths of a person for population reasons.
Thug	Whites	Represents white ppl/teenagers or young adults that want to be black.
Timber Nigger	Native Americans	Similar to Prairie Nigger.
Timmy	Whites	Timmy is a retarded kid on the TV show South Park who says only his name in a unique manner.
Tinty	Asians	Their eyes are tinted, and can not be seen into, only out of. Also pertaining to Asian woman who sleep with numerous men in one night.
Toad	French	? Frog-related, see: frog.
Toby	Blacks	Reference to the character in "Roots."
Token (Black/Minority)	Blacks	Indicates that a person is unqualified for his/her position and received it on racial grounds.
Tomahawk-Chucker	Native Americans	Self-explanatory.
Tomato Picker	Hispanics	Hispanics pick tomatoes.
Tommy	British	Germans called the Brits this in WWII. They thought Tommy was a common British name.
Tonk	Mexicans	Illegal Mexican immigrants. "Tonk" is the sound that is made when the illegals are hit over the head with the large flashlights/batons that the US border patrolmen carry.
Tonto	Native Americans	Native American character from The Lone Ranger. Spanish for "Idiot"
Tony	Italians	Started when there was a big Italian emigration to the U.S. Their Luggage would say "TO NY" (New York).
Tory	Irish	Bandit, from the Irish Tory Island, a noted have for bandits and pirates. Also common slang term for a member of Canada's Conservative party.
Towel-head	Arabs	Referring to turbans, a Muslim headdress. Also: Rag-head.
Trailer Trash	Whites	Similar to "White Trash" but only used for lower-class Whites who live in trailer parks.
Trash	Whites	Self-explanatory. Usually used as "White trash," "Poor white trash," or "Trailer trash."
Tree-Swinger	Blacks	Monkeys.
Tunnel Digger	Vietnamese	They used to dig foxholes and tunnels in Vietnam to kill American soldiers.
Tutsoons/tootsoons	Blacks	Origins in Chicago (particularly Italians).
Twinkie	Asians	An Asian-American who has lost their heritage. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
Umlungu	Whites	Zulus called whites this, meaning the white scum that forms in the surf.
Uncle Ben	Blacks	Black man on the famous rice box.
Uncle Ben's Boys	Vietnamese	From the Vietnam War, referring to Vietnamese soldiers, due to large number of rice patties.
Uncle Tom	Blacks	Blacks who suck up to white people. In reference to the Uncle Tom character in the famous 1852 book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Urkel	Blacks	Nerdy Blacks. Character from "Family Matters" TV show.
Vamp	Whites	Possibly the lack of melanin resembles the pale skin of a vampire. Another reason could be vampires need blood, and whites tend to look cold and in need of a blood transfusion.
Velcro-head	Blacks	Characteristics of the hair.
Vodkalky	Russians	Vodka + alcoholics. Plural: Vodkalkies.
WT	Whites	White Trash.
Wab	Hispanics	Short for Wet-Back. See: Wet-Back.
Wagon Burner	Native Americans	Self-explanatory.
Wahoo	Native Americans	War Cry, there was also a famous Native American wrestler named Wahoo McDaniel in the 80's.
Waki Paki	Pakistanis	Wacky Pakistanis.
Wanker	British	Implies that the addresser is accusing the addressee of self-gratification.
War Whoop	Native Americans	Refers to the traditional Native American war cry. ?
Wasp	Whites	Stands for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant." Refers to "Pure whites."
Watermelon (1)	Blacks	For their fondness for watermelon. Used in the movie "48 Hours".
Watermelon (2)	Guatemalans	Words sound alike.
Webe	Blacks	Pronounced "we be", this refers to the inability of most blacks to conjugate the "be" verb, thus resulting in "we be" instead of "we are" when making references to themselves.
Wej	Jews	Jew spelled backwards.
Welfare Monkey	Blacks	See Welfare Mother.
Welfare Mother	Blacks	Common stereotype representing that large, black, single-parent families are disproportionately represented on welfare rolls.
Wet-Back	Hispanics	Refers to Mexicans (or illegals) having "wet backs" from swimming across the Rio-Grande to get into America illegally. Could also refer to the sweaty backs that Mexicans get when they work in the fields in the heat.
Wexican	Mixed Races	White/Mexican mix.
Whale Turd	Blacks	Derived from the joke - Q. What do you call a black in the ocean? A. A whale turd.
White Chocolate	Whites	Whites who try to act like Blacks.
White Nigger	Irish	Blacks called Irish Americans this during the 1800's in retaliation to being called "Nagurs"
Whitetrash	Whites	Lower class whites. Self-explanatory.
Whitey	Whites	Self-explanatory.
Whose My Daddy?	Blacks	Common question among black children.
Wic	Whites	'White Irish Catholic'
Wigger	Whites	Affluent suburban white kids who dress, talk and act like they were brought up in the ghetto.
Wiggerette	Whites	Same as Wigger only for women.
Wiggie/Wigg	Non-Whites	Non-Whites who date only Whites or have a strong preference for whites. Stands for "white guy groupie" or "white girl groupie"
Wigglet	Whites	Young whites that think they are black.
Wikki Wikki	Blacks	DJ turntable scratching noise, often heard in rap music.
Windchimes	Blacks	A common practice of southerners was to hang blacks. When the wind blew and swung them back and forth against each other southerners would refer to them as windchimes.
Wink	Whites	White person trying to be like or associates with Chinese.
Wog (1)	Asians	Abbreviation of either "White-", "Westernised-" or "Worthy-Oriental Gentleman." Originally intended as a term denoting respect. In common use, however, it became a term of abuse/denigration.
Wog (2)	Greeks or Italians	This term is currently used in Australia to refer to Greeks and Italians. Made popular by the movie "The Wog Boy"
Wog (3)	Indians	British Imperialists commonly referred to Indians as a "WOG" since they were commonly used as security, it stood for "Warden on Guard".
Wonder Bread	Whites	Wonder Bread is white.
Wonder Bread Wop	Italians	Used by Italians to describe Italians who are more assimilated into "North American" culture.
Wood	Whites	Short for Peckerwood.
Wool Head	Blacks	Self-explanatory.
Woolyback	Welsh	NW England origins. Lots of sheep in Wales.
Wop	Italians	High class Italian. Stands for "With Out Papers." Started when there was a big Italian emigration to the U.S., and many were coming in illegally (with out papers).
Wopaho	Native Americans	?
Yam	Blacks	Term used extensively by the military in Robert O'Connors novel "Buffalo Soldiers" about US Soldiers stationed in Germany. Originates probably with the food which is a staple of southern cooking.
Yang-gui-zi	Whites	Pronounced yong-gway-zi. Chinese for "Foreign Devil."
Yangmo	Asians	Generic term representing any Asian group without having to identify country of origin.
Yankee	Americans	Slang used by the British. Also used in the former Confederate states to refer in a derogatory fashion to people of the Union states. Slur perhaps originally used derisively against the Dutch, calling them "John Cheese" (they made/ate a lot of cheese); Non-English speaking Dutch called back to the Americans, yelling "Yankee" (mispronunciation). Might also be a bastardization of "Jan-Kees", a common Dutch name.
Yape	Mixed Races	Condensed form of Yard Ape. Applies towards Blacks or Mexicans. Blacks sit out in the yard to keep cool. Mexicans are gardeners, thus always in the yard as well.
Yard Ape	Blacks	Low-income housing quite often has no air conditioning. Thus, people who live in housing projects often sit out front to keep cool. This slur originated in the 60's and 70's.
Yellow	Asians	Skin color (as compared to Caucasians).
Yellow Cab	Japanese	Japanese women who only date non-Japanese.
Yellow Devil	Asians	Common name used by American servicemen to describe the Japanese. Play on "White Devil"
Yellow Monkey	Asians	Skin Color as well as referring to the Asian race as monkeys, from Vietnam.
Yelvis	Asians	Yellow Elvis. Asians with pompadours. Plural: Yelvi.
Yen	Blacks	Yellow Eyed Nigger. These are Blacks, usually male, that due to a life of hard substance abuse have the whites of their eyes turn a hepatitis yellow.
Yenta	Jews	Know-it-all Jewish women. Not really a slur.
Yerd	Spanish	From Spaniards
Yid/Yid-Lid	Jews	Yid = Yiddish, lid = Yarmulke.
Yigger	Asians	Yellow nigger.
Yo Boy/Girl	Whites	White person who tries to act black.
Yo Yo	Blacks	"Yo Yo's hang from strings."
Yoko	Japanese	Yoko Ono broke up the Beatles.
Yolk	Asians	Egg yolks are yellow.
Yom	Blacks	In Brooklyn is short for melanzane.
Yugo	Yugoslavs	Self-explanatory (and because they can't make a car).
Zambo	Mixed Races	Indian/African mix.
Zebra	Mixed Races	Black/White mix. Relates the colors of a person's parents to the colors of a zebra's stripes.
Zeeb	Whites	An alternate usage for the word wigger.
Zip	Italians	Commonly used in the NY construction industry to describe Immigrant Italian laborers either in the Bricklayer or Concrete Mason trade. They are notoriously hard workers rarely stopping for a break and always "zipping" around the jobsite. They generally have a poor command of the English language.
Zip Coon	Blacks	Black stereotypical character from Antebellum South.
Zipperhead	Asians	Coined by US soldiers during Korean War. Also used in the film Full Metal Jacket. Two possible reasons: 1) if Asians were shot in the head with high-powered weapons, their heads would split as if you unzipped them or 2) many times the Asians would be run over by military Jeeps, which left tire tracks on them that resembled zippers.

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