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Slur | Represents | Reason & Origins |
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Beaniard | Hispanics | Refers to the Spanish origin "Spaniard" mixed "Bean", with a commom food in many Mexican dishes. |
Bohunk | Hungarians | May be a contraction of 'Bohemian/Hungarian', and might refer to Hungarians, Czechs and Ukrainians (As well as Russians). Possibly of Slavic origin. See: Honky. |
Boong | Australian Aboriginals | Origin: "Boonga" is a native word from the Sydney area pre-1788 meaning anus. |
Canned Labor | Mexicans | Origin Unknown, Afri(can), Mexi(can), Etc. Labor |
Cholo/chola | Hispanics | Of uncertain origin. Commonly denotes Hispanic gangster types (in the U.S., not in Mexico) |
Coonass | Cajuns | The origin of the term is said to have come from the French word "conasse". During the Second World War, many Cajun men served in the armed forces. When in France, many of the French heard the Cajuns speaking in a French that was both very old and in a French that had some very odd words. The Frenchmen called the Cajuns "conasse" which translates to a very low-grade prostitute. I would think this comes from the fact that, although they spoke a form of French, the Cajuns weren't real Frenchmen. Another theory has it originating in South Louisiana, derived from the belief that Cajuns frequently ate raccoons. |
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. |
Dome | Dominicans | New York origin, Washington Heights region. Used by other Hispanics to refer to the Dominicans. |
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. |
Farang | Whites | From the Thai word for French (farangsayt) who were among the first to colonize Southeast Asia. Generally non-derogatory, though depends on context and intention of speaker. Applies to people of non-Thai origin. |
Guinea/Ginney | 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. Derived from Sicilian immigrants who paid in Italian currency, Guineas. Used in the film 'True Romance' as separate from WOPs from Northern Italy, and in The Godfather by a Northern Italian character when referring to Southern Italians and Sicilians. Source on origin |
Hoon | Australians | Australian origin representing an irresponsible person. |
Japanigger | Asians | Describes Asians of unknown origin. |
Mojack | Icelandics | Military term for Icelandics, origin unknown[?] |
Ofay | Whites | Used to be popular with political types who were down with their "African Roots." Made popular in the play "A Raisin in the Sun." Possibly of Creole origin meaning something similar to "foe." |
Redbone | Blacks | Used by darker-colored Blacks to refer to Blacks with a very light complexion. Origin unknown. Link |
Rom | Romanians | Same meaning and origin as "Roma" |
Roma | Romanians | A large segment of Romanians are either Gypsies or of Gypsy origin. Non-gypsy Romanians find this very offensive. |
Ruble Head | Russians | Originated because of the national currency and it's origin. |
Scat | Blacks | Scat is also known as animal fecal matter, which is brown; also for Scat music which is from black origin |
Shvartz | Blacks | Yiddish (German origin) word for Black. Used neutrally and disparagingly. |
Splib | Blacks | Most likely origin comes from the 1960's as an acronym for: South Philadelphia Lower-Income Blacks. |
Spoonbill | Blacks | A spoonbill is a type of bird. Look at one and the origin will be obvious. |
Tommy | British | Tommy Atkins was a fictional soldier used to represent all British soldiers for morale purposes during WWI. http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Anecdotes/TommyAtkins.htm - Origin in dispute. |
Yangmo | Asians | Generic term representing any Asian group without having to identify country of origin. |
Yao | Asians | Tall asians. Reference to Yao Ming, a professional basketball player of Chinese origin. |