List of ethnic slurs

 ( Ethnic Slurs ) 

The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as or about members of a given Ethnic group, Nationality, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise manner.

Some of the terms listed below can be used in casual speech without any intention of causing offense. Others are so offensive that people might respond with physical violence. The connotation of a term and prevalence of its use as a pejorative or neutral descriptor varies over time and by geography.

For the purposes of this list, an ethnic slur is a term designed to insult others on the basis of racism, ethnicity, or nationality. Each term is listed followed by its country or region of usage, a definition, and a reference to that term.

Ethnic slurs may also be produced as a racial epithet by combining a general-purpose insult with the name of ethnicity. Common insulting modifiers include "dog", "pig", "dirty" and "filthy"; such terms are not included in this list.

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Abbie, Abe, Abie	United States, Canada	Jewish men	Originated before the 1950s. From the proper name Abraham.
ABC	East Asia	American-born Chinese, Han Chinese or other Chinese people (including Taiwanese people) born and raised in the United States.	The term implies an otherness or lack of connection to their Chinese identity and (usually) Chinese language; however, it has been Reappropriation by many and used to convey positive connotations.	Emma Woo (2025). 9780786438778, McFarland. . ISBN 9780786438778
ABCD	South Asia in the United States	American-Born Confused Desi, or other South Asian Americans, (desi) who were born in the United States.	Used chiefly by South Asian immigrants to imply confusion about cultural identity	(2019). 9781119055150, John Wiley & Sons. . ISBN 9781119055150
Abeed (plural)	Middle East and North Africa	Black people	Arabic word for slave
Abo/Abbo	Australia	Australian Aboriginal person	Originally, this was simply an informal term for Aborigine, and was in fact used by Aboriginal people themselves (such as in the Aboriginal-run newspaper Abo Call) until it started to be considered offensive in the 1950s. Although Abo is still considered quite offensive by many, the pejorative boong is now more commonly used when the intent is deliberately to offend, as that word's status as an insult is unequivocal.
Afro engineering, African engineering or nigger rigging	United States	African Americans	Shoddy, second-rate or unconventional, makeshift workmanship. Indirectly refers to black American people as worse or lower-valued than white American people when associating anything bad with them.	(1992). 9780595010806, iUniverse. . ISBN 9780595010806
Ah Chah	Hong Kong	people	From ; cy=achā; from "acchā" meaning "good" or "OK" in Hindi.
Ali Baba	United States	Iraqi people people	An Iraqi people suspected of criminal activity.
Alligator bait, 'gator bait	United States (chiefly southern U.S.)	Black people, especially black children	Dates from early 20th century or before; implies that African Americans are good for nothing except being used to bait alligators
AmaLawu, AmaQheya	South Africa	and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds	Xhosa language words for Hottentot
Ang mo	Malaysia, Singapore	European people, especially the Dutch	Hokkien for "red hair" referring to Dutch people from the 17th century and expanded to encompass other Europeans by the 19th century. It has become a neutral term, though is sometimes seen as derogatory.	(2025). 9781134992553, Routledge. ISBN 9781134992553
Ann	United States, Canada	White women, "white-acting" black women	While Miss Ann, also just plain Ann, is a derisive reference to white women, it is also applied to any black woman who is deemed to be acting as though she is white.	Geneva Smitherman (1986). 9780814318058, Wayne State University Press. . ISBN 9780814318058
Annamite, mites	French, English	Vietnamese people		Sue Peabody (2003). 9780822331179, Duke University Press. . ISBN 9780822331179 Martin Scott Catino (2010). 9781608445301, Dog Ear Publishing. . ISBN 9781608445301
Ape	United States	Black people	Referring to outdated theories ascribing cultural differences between racial groups as being linked to their evolutionary distance from chimpanzees, with which humans share common ancestry.
Apple	United States, Canada	Native Americans	First used in the 1970s. Someone who is "red on the outside, white on the inside". Used primarily by other Native Americans to indicate someone who has lost touch with their cultural identity.
Arapis (); feminine: arapissa, arapena		Black people and Arabs	From Turkish arap for "Arab" or, colloquially, "dark-skinned-person"	(2014). 9788376560885 ISBN 9788376560885
italic=no / italic=no (ערבוש)	Israel	Arabs	, derived from Hebrew "Aravi" (Arab).
Argie / Argies (plural)	United Kingdom	Argentines people	Extensively used by the British soldiers during the Falklands War in 1982.
Armo	United States	Armenians/Armenian American	Especially used in Southern California.	(2007). 9781592403486, Gotham Books. . ISBN 9781592403486 (2025). 9780549482574 . ISBN 9780549482574
Asing, Aseng	Indonesia	Non-Indonesian people, especially Chinese people	Insult to non-Indonesian citizen, from "orang asing" (foreigner) that rhymed with "Aseng" (Chinese name). This word is often directed at Chinese people due to Indonesia's relationship with the PRC.
italic=no (אשכנאצי)	Israel	Ashkenazi Jews	Pronounced like "AshkeNa tzi". Used mostly by Mizrachi Jews.	"The Ashkenazi haters are an existential danger to the State of Israel", says Nathan Zehavi , Maariv website (in Hebrew) "The Language Front: 'You're a Nazi!'", by language expert Rubik Rosental , NRG website (in Hebrew)
Aunt Jemima/Aunt Jane/Aunt Mary/Aunt Sally	United States	Black women	A black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout", female counterpart of Uncle Tom.

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B

Bachicha	Chile	Italian people	Possibly derived from the Italian word Baciccia, a nickname for Giambattista.
Baiano	Brazil	Northeastern Brazilian people	A person born in Bahia, one of the 9 states in the Northeast Region of Brazil. As a slur, it refers generically to any Northeastern person. Used mainly in São Paulo, the term is related to the Northeastern immigration of the second half of the 20th century.
Balija	Turkey, the Balkans	Bosnians people	An ethnic Bosniak or a member of the Bosnian diaspora.	(2025). 9781463401795, AuthorHouse. . ISBN 9781463401795
Bamboula	France	Black people
Bambus	Poland	Black people, sometimes Asian people	Literally it means bamboo in Polish but most probably it's derived from a popular children's poem Murzynek Bambo.
	Suriname	Black people, people of African descent	Dutch language: Banana. A slur that is used to refer to black people, people of African heritage. It derives from the colour of a banana's skin, which is yellow or brown, and is therefore seen as an offensive way to describe black and Coloureds people's skin colour.	"Banaan etymology" . Accessed 7 March 2023.
Banana	United States, Canada	East or Southeast Asian people	"Yellow on the outside, white on the inside". Used primarily by East or Southeast Asians for other East- or Southeast Asians or Asian Americans who are perceived as assimilated into mainstream American culture. Similar to Apple.	Gordon C. Nagayama Hall (2025). 9781134990801, Routledge. . ISBN 9781134990801 Dawn Lee Tu (2025). 9780313350665, ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313350665
Banderite	Poland	Ukrainians	The term Banderite was originally used to refer to the OUN-B, in reference to its leader Stepan Bandera. In Poland, the term "banderowiec" is used in connection with the massacres of Poles in Volhynia by the UPA. The term became a crucial element of Soviet propaganda and was used as a pejorative description of Ukrainian nationalists, or sometimes western Ukrainians or Ukrainian-speakers. Today the term is used in Russian propaganda to associate Ukrainian politics with Nazism.	Grzegorz Rossolinski (2025). 9783838266848, Columbia University Press. . ISBN 9783838266848 (2020). 9780253046734, Indiana University Press. . ISBN 9780253046734 Julie Fedor (2016). 9783838268064, Columbia University Press. . ISBN 9783838268064
Barbarian	Greece	Non-Greek people	Someone who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. βάρβαρος ( barbaros pl. βάρβαροι barbaroi). In Ancient Greece, the Greeks used the term towards those who did not speak Greek and follow classical Greek customs.	Amy Chua, Jed Rubenfeld (2025). 9781594205460, Penguin Press HC. ISBN 9781594205460
Beaner / Beaney	United States	Hispanic people or Latino people people, especially Mexican people	The term originates from the use of frijoles pintos and other beans that can be generally found in Mexican food or other Hispanic and Latino foods.
Bimbo	German language	Africans, people with very dark skin in general	The origin of this term is disputed, but experts suggest that it either derives from the Central African town of Bimbo, or from the former state of Bimbia, which was annexed by the German colony of Kamerun.
Bing /	Australia	Aboriginal Australians	"Binghi" was originally an aboriginal word for "brother". Later generalized to all Aboriginal Australians.	9780908001064, Angus & Robertson. . ISBN 9780908001064
Black Buck, black brute, brown buck or brown brute	United States	Black men	Originating in the post-Reconstruction United States, it was used to describe black men who absolutely refused to bend to the law of white authority and were seen as irredeemably violent, rude, and lecherous.	Stefanie Laufs (2013). 9783954891511, Diplomica Verlag. . ISBN 9783954891511
Blackie	English	Black person
Blatte	Sweden	Foreigners with dark skin
Bluegum	United States	African Americans	An African American perceived as being lazy and unwilling to work.
italic=no	France; United States; United Kingdom	Germans people	Shortened from the French term caboche dure, meaning "hard head" or "cabbage head" with the influence of German surname Bosch.
Boeotian	Athenians	Boeotian Greek people	Referring to the supposed stupidity of the inhabitants of the neighboring Boeotia region of Greece.	(1991). 9780877796039, Merriam-Webster. . ISBN 9780877796039
Boerehaat / Boer-hater / Boer hater	South Africa; United Kingdom	British people	Refers to a person who hates, prejudices, or criticizes the , or – historically applied to British people who held anti-Boers sentiments.	(2025). 9780628037695, Perskor. ISBN 9780628037695 (2025). 9781868729135, Zebra Press. . ISBN 9781868729135
Bog / Bogtrotter / Bog-trotter	United Kingdom, Ireland, United States	Irish people people	A person of common or low-class Irish ancestry.
Bogate	Chile	Yugoslav people	The expression is said to come from the Yugoslav interjection Boga ti!
	United States, Canada	Bohemian people	A lower-class immigrant of Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or Southeastern European descent. Originally referred to those of (now Czech Republic) descent. It was commonly used toward Central European immigrants during the early 20th century. Probably from Bohemian + a distortion of Hungarian. See also Hunky Culture.
Bolita	Argentina	Bolivians
Bong	India	Bengali people
Boong / Boang / Bong / Bung	Australia	Aboriginal Australians	First. Boong, pronounced with ʊ (like the vowel in bull), is related to the Australian English slang word bung, meaning "dead", "infected", or "dysfunctional". From bung, to go bung "Originally to die, then to break down, go bankrupt, cease to function Ab.". The 1988 edition of the Australian National Dictionary gives its origin in the Wemba word for "man" or "human being". However, Frederick Ludowyk of the Australian National Dictionary Centre wrote in 2004 that bong meaning "dead" is not a Wiradjuri word, but may have been picked up or assumed from the word "bung" which was originally a Turrbal language which was used in the pidgin widely spoken across Australia in colonial times.	(1988). 9780195547368, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195547368 Also here>
Boonga / boong / bunga / boonie	New Zealand		Likely derived from the similar Australian slur	"boonga" (2025). 9780195584516, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195584516
Bootlip	United States	African American people
italic=no	France, Wolof language	Arabian people, North Africans, Black people	Analogous to Wog or Raghead, originally was used against Black people but broadened to brown Arabs
Bounty bar	United Kingdom	Black people	A black person who is considered to be behaving like a white person (i.e. dark on the outside, white on the inside).
italic=no	Romania	Hungarian people	Used especially on ones born in Romania. Possibly derived from the Csangos dialect pronunciation of bocskor meaning Opanak, a type of rustic footwear.	Rogers Brubaker (2025). 9780691128344, Princeton University Press. . ISBN 9780691128344
	United States	Black People	Used to refer to the hair of a black person
Brownie	United States, New Zealand, and Australia	Brown-skinned people, an Asian	Used in the 1850s–1960s; in Australia it was used for an Aboriginal Australian or someone Japanese; in New Zealand, a Māori
	United States	Black people	The name of a black character that appeared in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short films. Today it is used to refer to the curly hair of a black person.
Buddhahead	United States	people	Also used by mainland Japanese Americans to refer to Hawaiian Japanese Americans since World War II.	(1993). 9780816026807, Facts on File. . ISBN 9780816026807
Buckra, Bakra	United States, West Indies	White people from Sub-Saharan African languages
Bulbash	Russia, Ukraine	Belarusians	Derived from Belarusian word "bulba" (potatoes), based on the fact that potatoes are a very common ingredient in Belarusian cuisine.
Bule	Indonesia	White people or foreigner	Derived from an archaic Indonesian word for Albinism.
Bumbay	Philippines	People from India	From Bombay
Burrhead / Burr-head / Burr head	United States	Black people	Referencing Afro-textured hair.
Bushy (s.) / Bushies, Amadushie (p.)	South Africa		Historically used against the Khoisan people in Southern Africa, referring to their nomadic and reliance on the bush for survival.

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Cabbage eater		Germans and Russians people		Susan R. Friedland (2025). 9781903018590, Oxford Symposium. . ISBN 9781903018590 (2006). 9781139457606, Cambridge University Press. . ISBN 9781139457606
Canaca	Chile	Chinese and Japanese people	Canaca is a slur originating in Oceania.
Camel jockey / camel dung-shoveler		Middle Eastern people		Frederic Cassidy (1991). 9780674205192 . ISBN 9780674205192
Carcamano	Brazil	Italy people	Used during the early 20th century, during the Second wave of Italian immigration to Brazil.
Chakhchakh / Baboon	Israel	Mizrahi Jews	An Israeli derogatory nickname that was common in the 20th century. The term is probably based on the accent immigrants from Islamic countries spoke.
	Bangladesh	Jumma people, Chinese people and Burmese people people	The term "Chakma" comes from the name of an ethnic group known as Chakma people and is used to refer to people with Mongoloid features in Bangladesh, especially Chinese, Burmese and indigenous groups from the Jumma people.	Deccan Herald, Why Are We Insulted Every Election?
Chankoro	Japan	Chinese people people	, a Japanese reference to a Chinese person. Often given as either derived from c=清國虜 () or c=中國人 ()	(2015). 9781462910953, Tuttle Publishing. . ISBN 9781462910953
Charlie	United States		Used in the 1960s–1970s. White people as a reified collective oppressor group, similar to The Man or The System.
	United States	Vietnamese people	Vietnam War slang term used by American troops as a shorthand term for Vietnamese guerrillas, derived from the verbal shorthand for "Victor Charlie", the NATO phonetic alphabet for VC, the abbreviation for Viet Cong. The (regular) North Vietnamese Army was referred to as "Mr. Charles".	Marc Cerasini (2025). 9780028643731, Penguin. . ISBN 9780028643731 Robert E. Peavey9781616737450, Zenith Imprint. . ISBN 9781616737450
China Swede	United States	Finns	Derogatory term for Finnish immigrants to the United States, particularly in Minnesota and Michigan.
Chee-chee, Chi-chi	South Asia	Eurasian Mixed-race people, especially Anglo-Indians	Probably derived from Hindi chi-chi fie!, literally, dirt.
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys	United States	French people people	The term originated with a 1995 episode of The Simpsons.
Chefur (čefur)	Slovenia	Non-Slovenes people of former Yugoslavia (Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Macedonians)
	Philippines	Chinese Filipino people	Used in Filipino/Tagalog language and other Philippine languages, which derived it from the late 19th century Cebuano language street children's limerick, , where "Intsik"/"Insik" is derived from the Philippine Hokkien term, p=, while "wakang"/"gwakang" is derived from the Philippine Hokkien term, p=, while "kaon"/"kaun" is from the Cebuano language term, , while "kalibang" is from the Cebuano language term, .
Chernomazy	Russia	Black-skinned people, e.g. Africans or indigenous people from the Caucasus, e.g. from Chechnya or Azerbaijan.	, meaning "smeared in black" in Russian.
Chernozhopy	Russia	Same as, but more insulting than, "chernomazy"	, or chornaya zhopa, meaning "black-arse" in Russian.	Helen M. Faller (2025). 9789639776845, Central European University Press. . ISBN 9789639776845 William Darryl Henderson (1985). 9781428982086, DIANE Publishing. . ISBN 9781428982086
Chilote	Argentina	Chilean people
Chinaman	United States, Canada	Chinese people	A calque of the Chinese 中國人. It was used in the gold rush and railway-construction eras in western United States when discrimination against the Chinese was common.
Ching chong	China, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines	Chinese people	Mocking the language of or a person of perceived Chinese descent.
Chink	China, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia,Philippines	East and South East Asians
Chinky/Chinky Chonky	China, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia,Philippines	East and South East Asians.
Chonky		Asian people	Refers to a person of Asian heritage with "white attributes", in either personality or appearance.	Lisa Aronson Fontes (2008). 9781606234051, Guilford Press. . ISBN 9781606234051
Christ-killer		people	An allusion to Jewish deicide.
Choc ice		Black people	A person who is figuratively "black on the outside, white on the inside".	Dilichi Onuzo (17 July 2012). "Is choc ice the new N-word?" .
Cholo	Latin America, Southwestern United States	Indigenous or Mestizo people	It may be derogatory depending on circumstances.	Robert Hendrickson (2025). 9781438129921, Infobase. . ISBN 9781438129921 Félix Rodríguez González (1996). 9783110148459, Walter de Gruyter. . ISBN 9783110148459
	Chile	Bolivian people, Peruvian people
Chon/Baka-Chon	Japan	Korean people		健治 小林 (2025). 9784931344310, にんげん出版. ISBN 9784931344310
Chow	Australia	Chinese people	Used as early as 1864, rare now
Chowmein	India	Chinese people, Northeast Indians
() / Chechmek ()	Russia / Russian-speaking regions	Middle / Central Asian people (in rare instances people from the Caucasus), in a broader sense Non-Russians, Non-European-looking people	From Chichimecas - a derogatory term used by the Aztecs and other Mesoamericans to describe the Chichimecs as "uncivilized, aggressive savages", similar to how the ancient Romans called Germanic tribes "barbarians". This name, with its derogatory meaning, was later adopted and brought to Europe by Spanish conquerors.
Chug	Canada	Canadian aboriginal people	See Chugach for the native people.
(plural chukhoncy), chukhna	Russia	Finnic people		(2025). 9780313327735, Greenwood Publishing Group. . ISBN 9780313327735 Olga Bakich (2025). 9781442648920, University of Toronto Press. . ISBN 9781442648920
()	Russia	Western and Central Asians	1. Chock of wood (2014). 9785447507190, Directmedia. . ISBN 9785447507190 2. Ignorant person
Ciapaty, ciapak	Poland	Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian, and Caucasian people.	Derived from chapati.	Michal Garapich (2016). 9783838266077, ibidem-Verlag. . ISBN 9783838266077
Cigányforma	Hungary	Persons with the combination of black hair with brown eyes, regardless of ethnicity	Used in 17th century Hungary; literal meaning is "gypsy form"	Magyar etymologiai szótár: lexicon critico-etymologicum linguae Hungaricae, A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia megbizásából, Volumes 1–5, Page: 251 (1930)
Cigány népek	Hungary	Ethnic groups or nations where the combination of black hair with brown eyes is dominant	Used in 17th century Hungary; literal meaning is "gypsy folks"	Magyar etymologiai szótár: lexicon critico-etymologicum linguae Hungaricae, A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia megbizásából, Volumes 1–5, Page: 252 (1930)
Cioară	Romania	Romani people and Black people	Means crow
Cina / Cokin	Indonesia	Chinese people	Use in media has been banned since 2014 under Keppres ( Keputusan Presiden, lit. Presidential Decree) No. 12 of 2014, replaced by Tiongkok (from Zhongguo 中国) or Tionghoa (from Zhonghua 中华). The Keppres even bans use of "China" in media and formal use.
Coconut	United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia	Hispanics/Latinos, South/Southeast Asians	Named after the coconut, in the American sense, it derives from the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. A person of Hispanic/Latino or South/Southeast Asian descent who is seen as being assimilated into white American culture.
		South Asians	A brown person of South Asian descent is perceived as fully assimilated into Western culture.
		Pacific Islander		H. W. Orsman (1999). 9780195583472, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195583472
Colono	Brazil (mainly Rio Grande do Sul)	Italian Brazilians and German Brazilians	Although it is not generally considered an insult in other parts of Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul it is considered pejorative because it is considered an offensive nickname similar to Caipira and is given to those who are native to the Rio Grande do Sul countryside (mainly Caxias do Sul and Bento Gonçalves), who are descendants of Italians or Germans and who have a strong accent compared to those who are native to the state's capital, Porto Alegre.
Coño	Chile	Spanish people	Used in to refer to Spanish people given the perception that they recurrently use the vulgar interjection coño ().
Coolie	United States, Canada	Asian people people, usually Chinese people, and Indo-Caribbean people	Unskilled Asian laborer (originally used in the 19th century for Chinese railroad laborers). Possibly from Mandarin "苦力" ku li or Hindi kuli, "day laborer." Also racial epithet for Indo-Caribbean people, especially in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and South African Indians.	Ronald H. Bayor (2011). 9780313357862, Greenwood. . ISBN 9780313357862
, cooney	United States, Commonwealth	Black people	Slur popularized by played at Minstrel show. Originally associated in the 1830s with the U.S. Whig Party who used a raccoon as their emblem. The Whigs were more tolerant towards blacks than other main parties. After the party folded the term "coon" evolved from political slang into a racial slur. Within African American communities, the word has been used to refer to a black person who is allegedly a "sellout".	(2008). 9780674027602, Harvard University Press. . ISBN 9780674027602 Geoffrey Hughes (2015). 9780765612311, Routledge. . ISBN 9780765612311
	Australia	Aboriginal Australian
	New Zealand	Pacific Islander
Coonass, Coon-ass	United States	Cajun people	Not to be confused with the French , meaning cunt.
Coreano	Chile	Chinese and Japanese people
Cotton picker	United States	Individuals of African descent, including African-Americans and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds	Historically referred to someone who harvested cotton by hand, often used in the context of American slavery when enslaved black people were forced to pick cotton on plantations. The phrase originally referred to the actual occupation of picking cotton on plantations in the American South, but that it later became a racial slur used to denigrate people of African descent, including African-Americans and Cape Coloureds or Cape Coloureds.
Cracker	United States	White people, especially poor Appalachian and Southern people	Entered general use in the United States as a pejorative for white people, though may be used neutrally in context. Can specifically refer to white settlers, as with Florida cracker or .	Cash W. J. The Mind of the South (Knopf, 1941).Ste. Claire, Dana (2006). Cracker: Cracker Culture in Florida History. University Press of Florida.
Crow	United States	Black people
Crucco (m.), crucca (f.)	Italy	Germans people	The name was firstly given during the First World War to the troops of the Austro-Hungarian Army of Croatians and Slovenians ethnicity. Later the term was used to indicate the Germans.
Culchie	Ireland	Rural Irish people	Applied by townspeople or city folk as a condescending or pejorative reference to people from rural areas.
Curepí	Paraguay	Argentines	A common term used by people from Paraguay for people from Argentina, it means "pig's skin".
Curry-muncher	Australia, Africa, New Zealand, United States, Canada	South Asian People		(2014). 9780252080227, University of Illinois Press. . ISBN 9780252080227
Cushi, Kushi (כושי)	Israel	Dark-skinned people	Term originated from Kushite, referring to an individual from the Ancient Kingdom of Kush. This was also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible generally used to refer to people usually of African descent. Originally merely descriptive, in present-day Israel it increasingly assumed a pejorative connotation and is regarded as insulting by Ethiopian Israelis; and by non-Jewish, Sub-Saharan African migrant workers and asylum seekers in Israel.
Czarnuch (m.), czarnucha (f.)	Poland	Black people	From "czarny" (black). Equivalent of nigger.

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, Dego	United States, Commonwealth	Italians, Spaniards, Greeks, Portuguese or Maltese people; in the United States, primarily used for Italians and people of Italian descent	Possibly derived from the Spanish name "Diego"	Oxford Advanced Leaner's English–Chinese Dictionary (published in 1987), p. 292.
Dal Khor	Pakistan	Indians and Pakistanis (specifically Punjabi people)	The term literally translates to "dal eater", connoting the supposedly higher emphasis on Legume and vegetables in the diet of countryside Punjabis.	(2004). 9788185002347, Promilla. . ISBN 9788185002347
Dalle, Batak Dalle	Indonesia	Batak	Bataks who cannot speak Batak languages or reject Batak culture.
darky / darkey / darkie	Worldwide	Black people	According to lexicographer Richard A. Spears, the word "darkie" used to be considered mild and polite, before it took on a derogatory and provocative meaning.
DEI / DEI hire / Diversity hire	United States	Women and people of color (especially Black people)	The term is sometimes used to imply that women, non-white people, and members of the LGBTQ community are inherently unqualified for positions of power, and that they can only get jobs through tokenism.
Dhoti	Nepal	Indian people or Madheshi people	As reference to their indigenous clothing Dhoti worn by people of Indian subcontinent.
Dink	United States	Southeast Asian, particularly Vietnamese people.	Origin: 1965–70, Americanism. Also used as a disparaging term for a North Vietnamese soldier or guerrilla in the Vietnam War. (Note: If rendered in All caps, then DINK may be the benign lifestyle acronym for DINK a)
Dogan, dogun	Canada		19th century on; origin uncertain: perhaps from Dugan, an Irish surname.	"Dogan", Barber, Accessed.
Dothead, Dot	United States	Hindu women	In reference to the bindi.	(2025). 9780804752800, Stanford University Press. . ISBN 9780804752800 Mary Walton (1999). 9780393318616, W. W. Norton & Company. . ISBN 9780393318616
Dune coon	United States	people	equivalent of sand nigger (below). See also Islamophobic trope.

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Eight ball, 8ball		Black people	Referring to the black ball in pool. Slang, usually used disparagingly.	(1984). 9780313232329, Greenwood Publishing Group. . ISBN 9780313232329
	South Africa	White South Africans of British people descent whose first language is English language	Afrikaans: Englishman. A derogatory term used to refer to white South Africans of British people descent whose first language is English language. This is due to History and Culture tensions between English-speaking and Afrikaans-speaking white South Africans, which were fueled by British Empire and apartheid policies. Some Afrikaans-speaking people view the English-speaking minority as elitist and condescending, and the use of the term "Engelsman" reflects these attitudes.	Bownes, Glenn "The Calatas, Cradock... and a Crime Against Humanity." Accessed 7 March 2023.
Eyetie	United States, United Kingdom	Italians people	Originated through the mispronunciation of "Italian" as "Eye-talian". Slang usually used disparagingly (especially during World War II).

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Fankui, fan-kui, fangui, gui-zi, guizi, gui	Chiefly Southeast Asia	Non-Chinese native people of Southeast Asia	These words (and any variations of them) are considered extremely derogatory, since they allege that anyone other than the Chinese have terrible attitudes and are uncivilised idiots (Gui or Guizi itself means demon).	(2025). 9780230286771, Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9780230286771 Robert Bonnet (2019). 9781644241103, Page Publishing Inc. . ISBN 9781644241103 Boyé Lafayette De Mente (2025). 9780658010781, McGraw-Hill. . ISBN 9780658010781
Fresh off the boat, off the boat		Asian Americans or immigrants in general	Referring to immigrants who have traveled to another foreign country and have yet acculturated into the nation's ethnicity or language, but still perpetuate their cultures. The slur also was the name for a sitcom named 'Fresh Off The Boat'.
Farang khi nok	Thailand	Poor white people	Is slang commonly used to insult white people, equivalent to white trash, as khi means feces and nok means bird, referring to the white color of bird-droppings.
Fenian	Northern Ireland, Scotland	Irish Catholics	Derived from the Fenian Brotherhood.
Festival children ()	USSR (from late 1950s)	Children of mixed ancestry, usually with a father who is black people or (more rarely) other non-European origins	It is believed that the first noticeable appearance of black and mixed-ancestry children in the USSR and Russia appeared after the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students of 1957. The term was often used ironically and sometimes in a mildly derogatory fashion. This term is currently not used.
Feuj (verlan for juif)	France	Jewish people		Michel Wieviorka (2007). 9789047421832, Brill. . ISBN 9789047421832
Fidschi(de)	East Germany	East or Southeast Asian people, particularly Vietnamese people	German for Fiji, used to refer to anyone who looks East or Southeast Asian, particularly those of Vietnamese origin.
Fjellabe	Denmark	Norwegians people	Means mountain ape. Jocularly used by Danes mostly in sports. From the 1950s. Norway is mountainous while Denmark is flat without mountains.
Flip	United States	Filipino people		Robert J. Schneiler (2025). 9781603440004, Texas A&M University Press. . ISBN 9781603440004
Franchute	Chile, Argentina	French people
Frenk	Ashkenazi Jews	Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews	Derived from Franks (as a reference to Western Europeans), due to the fact Sephardi Jews are Judaeo-Spanish speakers.
Fritz, , , ,	United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Latvia	German people	from Friedrich (Frederick).	Grand Dictionnaire (Larousse: 1993) p. 397; Polish Language Dictionary:
, Froggy, Frogeater, Froschfresser	Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Germany	Dutch people people (formerly) French people and French Canadian people (currently)	Before the 19th century, referred to the Dutch people (as they were stereotyped as being marsh-dwellers). When France became Britain's main enemy, replacing the Dutch, the epithet was transferred to them, because of the French penchant for eating frogs' legs (see comparable French term ). Also known in Slavic countries, but only towards the (mainland) French, see Polish żabojad, Ukrainian zhaboyid (жабоїд), Russian lyagushatnik (лягушатник); as well as in Basque frantximant.
Fuzzy-Wuzzy	United Kingdom	Hadendoa people	Term used to refer to the Hadendoa warriors in the 19th century, in reference to their elaborate hairstyles. Not applicable in Australia, see Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels.

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Gabacho	Spain, Chile	French people	From Occitan language gavach meaning "one who speaks wrong."
	Mexico	American people, French people	Neutral or pejorative depending on context.
Gabel	Albania, Kosovo	Romani people	Expression of disdain for someone, with the setting "Maxhup"
Gadjo		Non-Romani people people	Technically a term for a person who does not possess Romanipen, it usually refers to non-Romanis and Romanis who do not live within Romani culture.
Gaijin (外人)	Japan	Foreigners, espesically those of non-East Asian origin
Galla	Ethiopia	Oromo people or others in Ethiopia and Somalia	Used since 1670
Gam, Gammat	South Africa	Cape Coloureds or Cape Coloured people	It means "a person who is low or of inferior status" in Afrikaans.
Gans (Ганс)	USSR	German people, or more uncommonly Latvian people	The term originated among the Red Army in World War II, coming from Russified form of the German first name Hans.	Jukka Rislakki (2025). 9789042024243, Rodopi. ISBN 9789042024243
Garoi	Romania	Romani people	It means crow.
Geomdung-i (검둥이)	South Korea	Black people	Korean language for coon
Gexhë	Kosovo	Serbs of Šumadija	Derogatory expression for the Serbs of southern Serbia, of Šumadija.
Ghati	India	Maharashtrians	Ethnic slur for Maharashtrians living in Western Ghats
Gin	Australia	Aboriginal woman
Gin jockey	Australia	White people	A white person having casual sex with an Aboriginal woman.
Godon	France	English people	An antiquated pejorative expression. Possibly a corruption of "God-damn".
Golliwog	United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand	Darkskinned people, especially African-Caribbeans	An expression which originally was a children's literature character and type of black doll but which eventually came to be used as a jibe against people with dark skin.
Gook, Gook-eye, Gooky	United States	East and Southeast Asians, but particularly Koreans	The earliest recorded example is dated 1920. Used especially for enemy soldiers. Its use has been traced to United States Marines serving in the Philippines in the early 20th century. It gained widespread notice as a result of the Korean and Vietnam wars.	Seligman, Herbert J., "The Conquest of Haiti", The Nation, 10 July 1920.
Goombah	United States	Italian people, Italian-Americans	Initially applied to Italian or Italian-American men in general, it now also specifically carries connotations of stereotypical vulgar machismo and Italian Mafia or Italian-American Mafia involvement among ethnic Italians and Italian-Americans. However, "goombah" is also used among Italian-Americans themselves to refer to a friend or comrade; the word becomes pejorative mostly when used by a non-Italian to refer to an ethnic Italian or Italian-American in a derogatory or patronizing way rather than as a friendly term of address among Italian-Americans. Originates from the Southern Italy word cumpa or cumpari and the Standard Italian equivalent, compare, meaning "godfather" or "partner-in-crime".
Gora	South Asia	White people	From the Hindi gorā, meaning "fair, white".
Goy, Goyim, Goyum	Hebrew	Non-Jewish people	A Hebrew Bible term for "Nation" or "People". By Roman empire it had also acquired the meaning of "non-Jew". In English, use may be benign, to refer to anyone who isn't Jewish, or controversial, as it can have pejorative connotations.	Diane Wolfthal (2004). 9789004139053, Brill Academic Publishers. . ISBN 9789004139053
Grago, Gragok (shrimp)		, Kristang people	A term for , and specifically for the Kristang people of Malaysia, many of whom were traditionally engaged in shrimp fishing. It often has pejorative connotations, especially when used by outsiders, though in recent generations members of the community have to some degree tried to reclaim the term.
Greaseball, Greaser	United States	Mediterranean/Southern European and Hispanic people, and especially Italian people.	Greaseball often generally refers to Italians or a person of Italian descent. Meanwhile, though it may be used as a shortening of greaseball to refer to Italians, greaser has been more often applied to Hispanic Americans or . However, greaseball (and to a lesser extent, greaser) can also refer to any person of Mediterranean/Southern European descent or Hispanic descent, including Greeks, Spaniards, and the Portuguese, as well as Latin Americans. David R. Roediger (2006). 9780465070732, Basic Books. . ISBN 9780465070732 (2015). 9781317476788, Routledge. . ISBN 9781317476788 Greaser also refer to members of a 1950-1960s subculture which Italian Americans and Hispanic Americans were stereotyped to be a part of. "Greaser" in reference to the subculture has taken on a less derogatory connotation since the 1950s.	David R. Roediger (2006). 9780465070732, Basic Books. . ISBN 9780465070732
Greenhorn	United States, New England region, especially Massachusetts.	Portuguese people	Can also be used in a non-derogatory context when not referring to the Portuguese to mean anyone inexperienced at something.
Gringo	Spanish speakers, mostly Latin America	English speakers	Sometimes used by Latino Americans. In Mexico, the term means an United States. Likely from the Spanish word "griego", meaning Greeks (similar to the English expression "It's all Greek to me").	Que es "gringo" – Significado de "gringo" – que-significa.com (Spanish)
	Brazil	Foreigners	A colloquial neutral term for any foreigner, regardless of race, ethnicity or origin (including Portuguese people), or for a person whose native language is not Portuguese (including people whose native language is Spanish).
	Southern Brazil	Italian descendants	A colloquial neutral term for Italian descendants of southern Brazil, specially in Rio Grande do Sul
Groid	United States	Black people	Derived from "negroid".
Gub, Gubba	Australia	White people	Aboriginal term for white people	"Mr Gub ... the white man. The word is the diminutive of garbage."
Guiri	Spain	Foreigners	Originally described the supporters of Queen Maria Christina. Now describes White Northern Europeans.
Guizi (鬼子)	Mainland China	Non-Chinese	Basically the same meaning as the term gweilo used in Hong Kong. More often used when referring foreigners as military enemies, such as riben guizi (日本鬼子, Japanese devils, because of Second Sino-Japanese War), meiguo guizi (美国鬼子, American devils, because of Korean War).
Guido, Guidette	United States		Derives from the Italians given name, Guido. Guidette is the female counterpart. Used mostly in the Northeastern United States as a stereotype for working-class urban Italian Americans.	Caryn Brooks, "Italian Americans and the G Word: Embrace or Reject?" , Time, 12 December 2009.
Guinea, Ginzo		Italians people	Most likely derived from "Guinea Negro", implying that Italians are dark or swarthy-skinned like the natives of Guinea. The diminutive "Ginzo" probably dates back to World War II and is derived from Australian slang picked up by United States servicemen in the Pacific Theater.
Gummihals	Switzerland	German people	Literally "rubber neck"
Gusano	Cuba	Cuban exiles after the revolution	Literally "worm"
Gweilo, gwailo, kwai lo (鬼佬)	Southern Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau	White men	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.	Jan Morris (1997). 9780679776482, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. . ISBN 9780679776482
Gyp/Gip		Romani people	Shortened version of "gypsy"
Gypsy, Gyppo, gippo, gypo, gyppie, gyppy, gipp	United Kingdom, Australia	Egyptian people and Romani people	Derived from "Egyptian", Egypt being mistakenly considered these people's origin.

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Hairyback	South Africa
Hajji, Hadji, Haji	United States Military	Iraqis	May also be used to describe anyone from a predominantly Muslim country. Derived from the honorific Al-Hajji, the title given to a Muslim who has completed the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca).
Half-breed	Worldwide	Multi-ethnic people	Métis is a French language term, also used in Canadian English, for a half-breed, and mestizo is the equivalent in Spanish language, although these are not offensive per se.
Half-caste	England, Australia	Mixed race (usually between Australian Aboriginal and white people in Australian parlance)	Originally used as a legal and social term.
Hambaya, hamba ()	Sri Lanka	Muslims in Sri Lanka	From හම්බන්කාරයා ( hambankārayā); derived from the Sinhala word for the sampan boats (, hamban) used by seafarers from the Malay Archipelago, from whom Sri Lankan Malays trace partial descent. Its use as an epithet for Muslims (Moors) traces back to the late 19th century colonial period.
Haole	United States, Hawaiian	Non-Hawaiian people, almost always white people.	Can be used neutrally, dependent on context.
Heeb, Hebe	United States	people	Derived from the word "Hebrews."
(黑鬼)	China, Taiwan	Black people	Literally means "black ghost" or "black devil", used similarly to English phrases such as nigga or nigger.
Heukhyeong (흑형)	South Korea	Black people	Korean language: Black brother. A Korean ethnic slur sometimes for black people.
Hevosmies	Finland	Romani people	From hevos- + mies, referring to Gypsy horsemanship.
Hike	United States	Italians immigrants	Sometimes used with or to distinguish from "Hunk" ("Hunky").	Jonathon Green (2025). 9780304366361, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. . ISBN 9780304366361
Hillbilly	United States	or Ozark Americans		Michael Montgomery (2025). 9781903688618, Ulster Historical Foundation. . ISBN 9781903688618
Honky, honkey, honkie	United States	White people	Derived from an African American pronunciation of "Hunky Culture," 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.	Fuller A. Scribbling the Cat: travels with an African soldier (Penguin books, 2004).
	New Zealand	European New Zealanders	Used by Māori to refer to New Zealanders of European descent.
Hori	New Zealand	Māori	From the formerly common Maorified version of the English name George.
Hottentot, Hotnot	South Africa	and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds	A derogatory term historically used to refer to the Khoisan people of Southern Africa and their descendants, coloureds. It originated from the Dutch settlers who arrived in the region in the 17th century.	(2005). 9780896804425, Ohio University Press. . ISBN 9780896804425
Houtkop	South Africa	Black people	Literally "wooden head"
Huan-a	Taiwan and Southeast Asia	Non-Chinese native people	This word is derogatory because huan-a means "foreigner" which portrays non-Chinese natives as not human. In Taiwan, it carries the connotation of "aborigine". In Indonesia, it refers to non-Chinese native people descended from the many ethnolinguistic groups native to Indonesia commonly known by the term pribumi (e.g., Javanese people, Sundanese people, Batak people, and Buginese people).	Chee Kiong Tong (2025). 9789048189083, Springer. . ISBN 9789048189083
Huinca	Argentina, Chile	Non-Mapuche Chileans, non-Mapuche Argentines	Mapuche language term dating back at least to the Conquest of Chile.
(хужаа)	Mongolia	Chinese people	Equivalent to the word chink.	(2025). 9780824847838, University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824847838
Hun	United States, United Kingdom	German people	(United States, United Kingdom) Germans, especially German soldiers; popular during World War I. Derived from a speech given by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany to the German contingent sent to China during the Boxer Rebellion in which he exhorted them to "be like Huns" (i.e., savage and ruthless) to their Chinese enemy.
	Ireland	and British people soldiers	A Protestant in Northern Ireland or historically, a member of the British military in Ireland ("Britannia's huns").
Hunky Culture, Hunk	United States	laborers	It originated in the coal regions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where Poles and other immigrants from Central Europe (Hungarians (Magyar), Rusyns, Slovaks) came to perform hard manual labor in the mines.	Paula S. Rothenberg (2025). 9781429206600, Worth Publishers. . ISBN 9781429206600
Hurri	Finland	Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish people	Initially used as a derogatory term for the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland, sometimes used as a slur for any Swedish speaker
Hymie	United States	Jewish people	Derived from the personal name Hyman (from the Hebrew name Haim). Jesse Jackson provoked controversy when he referred to New York City as "Hymietown" in 1984. Has also been spelled "Heimie", as a reflection of popular Jewish last names ending in -heim.	Pamela Newkirk (2025). 9780814757994, NYU Press. . ISBN 9780814757994

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Ikey / ike / iky: a Jew from		Jewish people	Derived from the name Isaac, an important figure in Jewish culture.
Ikey-mo / ikeymo		Jewish people	Derived from the names Isaac and Moses, two important figures in Jewish culture.
Indon	Malaysia, Singapore	Indonesian people	Clipping of Indonesia.
Indognesial / Indonesial	Malaysia	Indonesian people	Which similar to "Indon" term mixed with "Dog" and "Sial" (Malay language word for "Damn").
Sangley	Philippines	Chinese Filipino people	Used in Filipino/Tagalog language and other Philippine languages. Based on the Philippine Hokkien term, p=.
Inyenzi	Rwanda	Tutsi people	A person of the Tutsi ethnic group in Africa. Literally means "Cockroach" and reportedly derives from how Tutsi rebels would attack at night and retreat, being hard to kill, like a cockroach. Most notably came to worldwide prominence around the time of the Rwanda genocide, as it was used by the RTLM in order to incite genocide.	An Ordinary Man (2006), Paul Rusesabagina
Indian Giver	United States	Native Americans	Presumes that when Native Americans give gifts they intend to take them back. It is applied to anyone who does this to paint them as performing an action akin to an "Indian".
Injun	United States	Native Americans	Corruption of "Indian"
Inselaffe	Germany	English people, British people in general	Translates to "Island monkey"	(2025). 9780572033835, London : Arcturus. . ISBN 9780572033835
Inu	Japan	Ainu people	Word literally meaning dog in Japanese. Pun of unknown origin, but used to compare the Hirsutism genetics of Ainu people with the fur coat of dogs. Possibly also has to do with Matagi hunters, who have Ainu ancestry, working with Akita Inu. Usually used pejoratively like bitch, another term comparing people to dogs.
	Bangladesh	People from the Greater Cumilla region (Comilla District, Brahmanbaria and Chandpur)	The term "ITOR" borrowed from the English acronym for "Information Technology Organiser" was a title given by the British people to people from the Tipperah district (now the districts of Cumilla, Brahmanbaria and Chandpur) in the Bengal province due to their quick thinking, cleverness and consistent success. It is now used as slang by Bangladeshis to refer to people from these three districts.
Itaker	Germany	Italian people	Formerly used as a nickname for Italian soldiers and the since the 1960s as a slur for Italian immigrants.

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Jackeen	Ireland	Dublin people	Believed to be in reference to the Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom. By adding the Irish diminutive suffix -een meaning little to Jack thereby ¨meaning "Little Jack" and implying "little Englishmen". It was more commonly used to separate those of Anglo-Irish heritage from those of Gaels heritage. While the term is applied to Dublin people alone today, it was applied in the past as a pejorative term against all city dwellers and not just those in Dublin.
Jakun people	Malaysia	Unsophisticated people, from the Malay name of an indigenous ethnic group.
Jamet, Jamet kuproy	Indonesia	Javanese people	Jamet stands for Jawa metal (a metalhead Javanese), while kuproy stands for kuli proyek (construction workers).
Japa	Brazil	Japanese people	Usually an affectionate way of referring to Japanese people (or, more generally, East Asian people), although it may be considered a slur. This term is never censored (as a slur typically would be) when it appears in mass media.
Jap	United States	Japanese people	Mostly found use during World War II, post-WWII.
		Jewish women	Usually written in all capital letters as an acronym for "Jewish-American princess," a stereotype of Jewish American women as materialistic or pampered.
Japie, yarpie		White, rural South Africans	Derived from plaasjapie, "farm boy".
Jawir	Indonesia	Javanese people, especially Javanese people with darker skin	Comes from the words "Javanese people" and "Ireng" from a Javanese word means black
Jerry	Commonwealth	German people, especially soldiers	Probably an alteration of "German". Origin of Jerry can. Used especially during World War I and World War II.
Jewboy	United States, United Kingdom	Jewish boys	Originally directed at young Jewish boys who sold counterfeit coins in 18th century London.	Bryan Edward Stone (2013). 9780292756120, University of Texas Press. . ISBN 9780292756120
Jidan/Jidov/Jidovin(ă)	Romania	Jewish person.
, jiggerboo, niggerboo, jiggabo, jigarooni, jijjiboo, zigabo, jig, jigg, jigger	United States	Black people with stereotypical black features (e.g., dark skin, wide nose, and big lips).	From a Bantu languages verb tshikabo, meaning "they bow the head docilely," indicating meek or servile individuals.	(2005). 9780253217493, Indiana University Press. . ISBN 9780253217493
Jim Crow	United States	Black people
	Korea	Chinese people
Jjokbari	Korea	Japanese people
Jock, jocky, jockie	United Kingdom	Scottish people	Scots language nickname for the personal name John, cognate to the English, Jack. Occasionally used as an insult, but also in a respectful reference when discussing Scottish troops, particularly those from Highland regiments. For example, see the 9th (Scottish) Division. Same vein as the English insult for the French, as Frogs. In Ian Rankin's detective novel Tooth and Nail the protagonist – a Scottish detective loaned to the London police – suffers from prejudice by English colleagues who frequently use "Jock" and "Jockland" (Scotland) as terms of insult; the book was based on the author's own experience as a Scot living in London.
Jungle bunny	United States, Commonwealth	Black people
Jutku, jutsku	Finland	Jews people

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Kaew (แกว)	Isan language	Vietnamese people		(1998). 9788170173601, Abhinav Publications. . ISBN 9788170173601
Kaffir, kaffer, kaffir, kafir, kaffre, kuffar	South Africa	Black and Cape Coloured or Cape Coloured people	Also caffer or caffre. from Arabic kafir meaning "disbeliever".	Donald Featherstone (1993). 9780713722567, Blandford. ISBN 9780713722567
Kaffir boetie	South Africa	Black and Cape Coloured sympathizers during apartheid	Meaning "Kaffir brothers", it is analogous to "negro lover" in English. The term is outdated and no longer used.
,	Bangladesh, India, Pakistan	Bangladeshis	A portmanteu of the words kaṅgāl (meaning poor, broke, pauper) and Bangladeshi. It is used to refer to Bangladeshis, associating them with poverty or immigration issues.
	Myanmar	Muslim citizens who are "black-skinned", Bengalis, Rohingya people or any South Asian Muslim or Hindus or "undesirable aliens."	The word "Kalar" is derived from the Burmese word "ကုလား" (ku.la:). It is a word often used in Myanmar, usually in a negative way to refer to people with darker skin, especially those of South Asian descent (especially Bengalis or Rohingyas) or dark-skinned Muslims and Hindus.
Kalbit	Russian language	Central Asians
Kalia, Kalu, Kallu	Hindi	Darkskinned people	Literally means "blackie", generally used for black-skinned people in India. Can also have a racist overtone when referring to Africans.
Katwa, Katwe	Hindi	Muslim males	Word used to describe Muslim males for having a Circumcision penis as mentioned in the Khitan of Islam.
Kanaka	Australia	Pacific Islanders		Macquarie Dictionary (Fourth Edition), 2005, p. 774
Kanake	German language	Turkish people, foreigners in general	Originally used to refer to Native Polynesians. To some extent re-appropriated.	(2025). 9789027267368, John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 9789027267368
	Philippines	White Americans	Usually used in Filipino (Tagalog language) or other Philippine languages. Shortened from the Filipino word "". It usually refers to Americans, especially a stereotypical male White Americans, which may extend to western foreigners that may fit the stereotype which the speaker is not familiar with, especially those from Europe, Australia, New Zealand, etc.	David Dalton (2007). 9781843538066, Rough Guides Limited. . ISBN 9781843538066
Kaouiche, Kawish	Canadian French	Native Americans
Käskopp	Germany	Dutch people	Middle German slur that translates to "cheese head".
Katsap, kacap, kacapas	Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Russia	Russians people	, ; self-deprecating usage by Russians.
Kebab		Muslims, usually of Arabian,Turkic peoples or Iranian peoples descent.	Its origin is a Serbia Strong that was recorded in 1993 during the Yugoslav Wars but the phrase has spread globally amongst far-right groups and the alt-right as a meme between 2006 and 2008. Famously Turkish internet users parodied the sentiment of Serbian nationalists online, with a satirical incoherent rant that ended with the phrase "remove kebab" being repeated. Although the meme initially intended to parody racism, this meaning behind the meme was lost once it became common in alt-right discourse.
Keling	Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore	Indian people	In Indonesian, the term can be applied to any person with dark complexion, not only of Indian descent, but also to native Indonesians with darker complexion and Africans. The term is derived from the ancient region of Kalinga, where many immigrants to countries further east originated.
Ke-mo sah-bee	United States	Native Americans	The term used by the fictional Native American sidekick Tonto as the "Native American" name for the Lone Ranger in the American television and radio programs The Lone Ranger.
Kettō (毛唐)	Japan	Westerners	Literally means "foreigners full of body hair". Alternative form: (毛唐人)	(2025). 9784000600507, 岩波書店. ISBN 9784000600507
Khach (), Khachik ()	Russia	Peoples of the Caucasus, particularly North Caucasus and Armenians	From Armenian խաչ khach, meaning cross (cf. khachkar). Khatchik is also an Armenian given name coming from the same root.
Kharadim	Israel	Haredi Judaism	Blend word of khara (shit in Hebrew) + Haredi
Kharkhuwa	India	Assamese people
Khawal	Egypt	Gay people
Khokhol ()	Russia, Poland	Ukrainian people	Derived from a term for a traditional Cossack-style haircut.	David D. Laitin (1998). 9780801484957, Cornell University Press. . ISBN 9780801484957
	Vietnam	Chinese people	Variant form of "Tàu khựa"
Ikula (s.) / Amakula (p.)	South Africa	A person or people heritage.
Kike	United States	Jews	Possibly from קײַקל kikel, Yiddish for "circle". Immigrant Jews who could not read English often signed legal documents with an "O" (similar to an "X", to which Jews objected because "X" also symbolizes a cross). Also known by the euphemism "K-word". (2022). 9781527591219, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. . ISBN 9781527591219
		Koreans people
	Turkey	Kurdish men	A word used to describe rude and hairy men, pejoratively refers to the Kurds.
Kitayoza китаёза	Russia	East Asian people, especially the Chinese.	Derived from "kitayets". (Cyrillic: )
Knacker	Ireland
(코쟁이)	South Korea	Westerners	From 코 ("nose") and -쟁이 (derogatory suffix), prevalently used during the 19th and 20th centuries to refer to white people foreigners
Kolorad	Ukraine	Pro-Russian separatists and Russian invaders	In reference to Russian St. George ribbon whose coloration resembles the stripes of the Colorado beetle.
The Krankies	England	Scottish people
Krakkemut	Denmark	Arabs, Middle Easterns	While originally being used against greenlanders, it is now mostly used against Middle Easterns and Arabs. The word comes from the greenlandic word "Qaqqamut" meaning "to the mountain, up the mountain", however, the danish people began to pick up the word as an aggressive slur, and used it against the greenlanders, and slowly, it became a slur against the more frequent Arab and Middle Eastern immigrants in Denmark.
Kraut	United States, Canada, Commonwealth	German people	Derived from sauerkraut, used most specifically during World War II.
Kūpapa Māori	New Zealand	Māori people	Term used to describe Māori people who cooperate with or who are subservient to white authority figures (similar to "Uncle Tom" qv). From historical Māori troops who sided with the colonial government in the 19th century.
Kuronbō (黒ん坊)	Japan	Black people	A derogatory that literally means "darkie" or "nigga" in Japanese. The term has been used as a racial slur against black people, particularly during Japan's colonial era.
Kkamdungi (깜둥이)	South Korea	Black people	Korean language for nigga or nigger. /ref>

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Labas	Russia	Lithuanians	Derived from greetings: Latvian labrīt/labdien/labvakar and Lithuanian labas rytas/laba diena/labas vakaras, meaning "good morning/day/evening".	"Алина Орлова: «Я не знаю, кто я»" Alina Orlova: "I don't know who I am", an interview, 9 September 2010
Land thief	South Africa	White South Africans	The term implies that white people stole land from black people during the Apartheid era, and are therefore responsible for the current economic and social inequalities in the country.
Landya	India (Maharashtra in specific)	Muslims	Used primarily by Marathi people; the term translates to "small penis", referring to circumcision.
Laomaozi (老毛子)	China	Russian people	Popularized from Northeastern China
Lapp	Scandinavia	Sámi people	Used mainly by Norwegians and Swedes. The word itself means "patch." "Lapland", considered non-offensive, refers to Sámi territory known as "Sápmi", Finland's northernmost county, or the province in northernmost Sweden.
Lebo, Leb	Australia	A Lebanese people person, usually a Lebanese Australian.
Leupe lonko	Chile	German people	Used by some Huilliche people of Zona Sur. Means "toasted heads" in reference to the fair hair of many Germans. Originated during the German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in the mid-19th century.
Limey	United States	British people	Comes from the historical British naval practice of giving sailors limes to stave off scurvy.
Locust (蝗蟲)	Hong Kong	Mainland Chinese people
Londo	Indonesia	White people	Commonly used by Javanese people. Derived from "Belanda" (Netherlands).
Lubra	Likely derived from a Tasmanian Aboriginal language.	Australian Aboriginal Women		Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2004), p. 850.
Lundy	Northern Ireland	Irish People	A unionist that sympathises the Nationalists in Northern Ireland. The name emanates from Robert Lundy, a former Governor of Londonderry during the Siege of Derry in 1688, who is reviled as being a traitor to Protestants and as such, an effigy of him is burned each year.
Lugan		Lithuanian people		Richard W. Bailey (2025). 9780199913404, Oxford University Press, USA. . ISBN 9780199913404 (2025). 9783825866433, LIT Verlag Münster. . ISBN 9783825866433
Lach/lyakh ()	Ukraine, Russia	Polish people	Lach is a term that originally referred to a representative of Slav tribes living roughly in what is today eastern Poland and western Ukraine, more commonly known today as Lendians, but later became associated with all Polish tribes. In other languages, Lach and derived expressions are neutral.	Maria Tkachivska (2025). 9789662337891, Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State University. . ISBN 9789662337891

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Mabuno/Mahbuno	Zimbabwe	Local European people held in contempt, commonly white Africans of European ancestry.		Peter Stiff (2000). 9781919854021, Galago Publishing. ISBN 9781919854021
Macaca	Europe	African people	Originally used by francophone colonists in North Africa, also used in Europe against Immigrants from Africa.
Macaronar	Romania	Italian people	Roughly means "macaroni eater/maker".
Madrasi	Northern India	South Indian people	Originally used as a demonym to refer to the people of the Madras Presidency, which included most of South India. Nowadays, the term is used mainly as a slur by some North Indian people against South Indians, and refers to a harmful stereotype of all South Indian people.
Majus (مجوس)	Arab world	Persian people	A term meaning Zoroastrian, Magi, .	Shireen T. Hunter (2019). 9781786612083, Rowman & Littlefield. . ISBN 9781786612083 Steven Vertovec (2025). 9781317600688, Routledge. . ISBN 9781317600688 (2025). 9780190061715, Oxford University Press. . ISBN 9780190061715
Malakh-khor (ملخ خور)	Iran	Arab people	Meaning "locust eater," referring to the Edible locusts.	Nasrin Rahimieh (2015). 9781317429357, Routledge. . ISBN 9781317429357
Malau	South Africa	and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds	A derogatory Afrikaans slang word derived from Xhosa language, used to insult Coloureds people and by suggesting they lack cultural and racial roots and are therefore uncivilized. Its origin can be traced back to the Xhosa word "amalawu" or "ilawu", meaning "Hottentot".
Malaun	Bangladesh	Hindus	"Malaun" is derived from Bengali মালাউন (maalaaun), which in turn was derived from Arabic "ملعون" (mal'un), which means "cursed" or deprived of God's mercy.	(2015). 9781317430858, Routledge. . ISBN 9781317430858
Malingsia / Malingsial / Malingsialan	Indonesia	Malaysian people	Used in Indonesia, derived from "maling" (Javanese for "thief") and "Malaysia". It often arises due to perceived instances of Malaysia claiming aspects of Indonesian culture
Malon	Indonesia	Malaysian people	Used as the reply to Indon word. Malon is (mostly) a short for "Malaysia Bloon" (dumb Malaysians).
Mangal / Mango / Mangasar / Mangusta	Bulgaria	Romani people	From Bulgarian "мангал" (mangal) – a type of pot. Some variants are derived from the similar-sounding loanwords "манго" (mango) – mango and "мангуста" (mangusta) – mongoose.	(2025). 9780759109735, Rowman Altamira. . ISBN 9780759109735 (1997). 9783447039543, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. . ISBN 9783447039543
Manne	Finland	Romani people men	Possibly from Swedish language man or from the name Herman. It refers to Romani men, however can also refer to Romani people generally.
italic=no (מרוקקי)	Israel	Moroccan Jewish people	Derived from "Maroko" (Hebrew pronunciation for "Morocco") + "Kaki" (which means "shit", "crap" in Hebrew slang).	"The Baboons are celebrating", an article discussing about the hatred for Moroccan Jews in Israel (In Hebrew)
(丸太/マルタ)	Japan	Chinese people	Originally a term used by Unit 731 referring to its human test subjects, Nowadays used by Netto-uyoku sometimes.
Mau-Mau	United States	Black people	derived from of the Kikuyu people involved in the Mau Mau Rebellion in the 1950s.
Mayate/Mayatero		Black people	Literally the Spanish colloquial name of the Figeater beetle.	Irving L. Allen (1983). 9780231055574, Columbia University Press. . ISBN 9780231055574
Mayonnaise Monkey	United States	White people	A term commonly used by black people. A person with a "mayonnaise"-like complexion.
		Irish people
Milogorac	Serbia	Montenegrins	Deriving from Milo Đukanović (former president of Montenegro), used to refer to Montenegrin nationalists/Montenegrins who don't identify as Serbs.
Mocro	Dutch	Dutch-Moroccan people		(2025). 9789089640628, Amsterdam University Press. . ISBN 9789089640628
Mohamedaner	Denmark	Person adherent to Islam	Derived from Muhammad.
Mof (singular) Moffen (plural)	Dutch	German people		(2025). 9781315458489, Taylor & Francis. . ISBN 9781315458489
Momo/Momos	India	Northeast Indians and Nepali people	Based on momos, a dumpling made by northeast Indians, Nepalese and Tibetans.
Monkey	Europe	Usually people of African, Melanesian, or Indigenous Australian descent.	A universal slur, meaning it has the same meaning in different languages.
Moskal, , , ,	Ukraine, Belarus, Poland	Russians	Historically a neutral designation for a person from Muscovy, currently refers to Russians.	Alexander Mikaberidze (2025). 9781105168710, Lulu. . ISBN 9781105168710
	United States	Black people	The origin is obscure. May refer to slaves singing at night as crickets chirp at dusk.
Mountain Turk	Turkey	Kurdish people	Former Turkish governments denied the Kurds their own ethnicity, calling them Mountain Turks ( dağ Türkleri).	Kemal Ali Özcan (2025). 9780415366878, Routledge. . ISBN 9780415366878 Joost Jongerden (2007). 9789004155572, BRILL. . ISBN 9789004155572
MTN	South Sudan	Dinka people people	This is derived from MTN's slogan, “everywhere you go". It was repurposed to suggest that the Dinka were encroaching on other groups’ territory to graze their animals everywhere.
Muklo	Philippines	Filipino Muslims, notably among Bangsamoro ethnic groups	First used by soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines stationed in Mindanao as an ethnic slur towards the Muslim Moro insurgents.	(2025). 9789814585989, Springer. ISBN 9789814585989
Mulignan/Mulignon/Moolinyan	United States	Black people	Used by Italian-Americans. Deriving from "mulignana" the word for eggplant in some South Italian linguistic variants. Also called a mouli.	"Se infatti gli italiani chiamano i neri 'mulignan', accomunandoli appunto alle 'melanzane' per il colore della pelle, sono essi stessi definiti storicamente come 'guinea'", Simona Cappellari, Giorgio Colombo Fiorini, Letteratura italoamericana, 2008, p. 79.Richard Greene, Peter Vernezze, The Sopranos and Philosophy: I Kill Therefore I Am, Open Court Publishing, 2004, p. 162.
	Rhodesia, originally military	Black people, usually men		(2025). 9781770071124, Zebra. ISBN 9781770071124
Mustalainen	Finland	Romani people	Literally "blackling," "blackie," "the black people", when "romani" is the neutral term.	(2025). 9789525446111, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus ja Kielikone Oy. ISBN 9789525446111
Maxhup	Kosovo	Romani people	Expression of contempt for someone, usually Romani people.
Mzungu	Eastern and Southern Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	White people	May be both pejorative and affectionate, depending on usage.

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Namak Haram	Pakistan	Afghans in Pakistan	Derogatory term used for Afghan refugees in Pakistan translating to “traitors”.
Nawar	Levant	Romani people	Arab term for Romani people and other groups sharing an itinerant lifestyle.
Neftenya / Neftegna / Naftenya / Naftegna	Ethiopia/Amharic language	Amhara people	Literally means "rifle-bearer", relates to 19th century Ethiopian history. Since 1975, used as inflammatory term by Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF, governing party) officials against Amharas; continued inflammatory/derogatory usage in 2020 online media two years after EPRDF loss of political power.
Němčour, nimchura (німчура), nemchura (немчура)	Slavic languages	German people
Nere	Hindus	Muslims		(2025). 9788126021147, Sahitya Akademi. . ISBN 9788126021147
Niakoué	France	East or Southeast Asian people	A corrupted Vietnamese word with similar to "yokel", "country bumpkin", etc.	Alexis Michaud (2017). 9783946234869, Language Science Press. . ISBN 9783946234869
Niglet / Negrito		Black children
, nog, or Nignog	Commonwealth	Black people	Originally used to refer to a novice – a foolish or naive person – before being associated with black people.
Nigger / neeger (Estonian) / neekeri (Finnish) / niger / nig / nigor / nigra / nigre (Caribbean) / nigar / niggur / nigga / niggah / niggar / nigguh / niggress / nigette / negro / neger	International/Worldwide	Black people, especially African-Americans	From the Spanish language and Portuguese word ("black"), derived from the Latin niger. The Spanish or Portuguese term, or other such languages deriving the term from it such as Filipino, may vary in its connotation per country, where some countries, the connotation may range from either positive, neutral, or negative, depending on context. For example, in Spanish and Portuguese, "negro" may simply refer to the color black. Among Spanish dialects in different countries, it may have either positive or negative connotations, such as describing someone similarly to my or my in Argentina, or describing someone to be in Spain. In Portuguese, the term "negro" is often preferred to the more offensive preto; however, due to the influence of US-American pop culture, the "Nigga" can be found in the language as an anglicism, with identical connotations as the English term.
Niggeritis / Negroitis	Caribbean	Black people	To feel sleepy after eating is referred to in and around the Caribbean as having "niggeritis", a direct allusion to the stereotype of laziness of black Africans.
Nip	United States, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom	Japanese people	Someone of Japanese descent (shortened version of Nipponese, from Japanese name for Japan, Nippon).
Nitchie / neche / neechee / neejee / nichi / nichiwa / nidge / nitchee / nitchy	Canada	Native Canadians	A Native American (from the Algonquian word for "friend").
Non-Pri, Non-Pribumi	Indonesia	Indonesians of foreign descent, especially Chinese Indonesians	The term pribumi was coined after Indonesian independence to replace the derogatory Dutch term Inlander ("native"). "Non-pribumi," often simply "non-pri," was then used to refer to Indonesians of foreign descent and was generally considered to suggest that they were not full citizens. Use of both "pribumi" and "non-pribumi" by government departments was banned by President B.J. Habibie in 1998 according to Inpres ( Instruksi Presiden, lit. Presidential Instruction) No. 26 of 1998, along with instruction to stop discrimination by race in government.
Northern Monkey	United Kingdom	Northern English people	Used in the south of England, relating to the supposed stupidity and lack of sophistication of those in the north of the country. See also Southern Faerie. In some cases, this has been adopted in the north of England, with a pub in Leeds even taking the name "The Northern Monkey".
Nusayri	Syria and the Levant	Members of the Alawite sect of Shi'a Islam.	Once a common and neutral term derived from the name of Ibn Nusayr, the sect's founder, it fell out of favour within the community in the early decades of the 20th century due to the perception that it implied a heretical separateness from mainstream Islam. Resurgent in the context of the ongoing Syrian civil war, the term is now often employed by Sunni fundamentalist enemies of the government of Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite, to suggest that the faith is a human invention lacking divine legitimacy.

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Ofay	African American Vernacular	White people	First recorded in the late 19th century. Origin unknown. Suggestions include Yoruba language ófé, "to disappear"; pig Latin for "foe"; and French au fait, "socially proper".	(2025). 9780415259385, Taylor & Francis. . ISBN 9780415259385
Oláh	Hungarian-speaking territories	Romanian people	Evolved to a pejorative term, originates from the historical designation of Romanians earlier the 19th century.
Orc	Ukraine	Russian soldiers	Orc (Cyrillic: орк, Romanization: ork), plural orcs (Russian language and , Russian romanisation: orki, Ukrainian: orky), is a pejorative used by Ukrainians to refer to an invading Russian soldier during the Russo-Ukrainian War. It comes from the name of orc from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.
Oreo	United States	Black people	Used as early as the 1960s. Refers to a black person who is perceived as acting white, and therefore black on the outside and white on the inside like an Oreo cookie.	Gayraud S. Wilmore (1989). 9780822309260, Duke University Press. . ISBN 9780822309260 (1992). 9780791410059, SUNY Press. . ISBN 9780791410059 Grace Lee Boggs (1998). 9781452903309, University of Minnesota Press. . ISBN 9781452903309
Oven Dodger		Jewish people	Implying that one or one's ancestors avoided dying in the Holocaust and so avoid the crematorium ovens.
Overner	United Kingdom, Isle of Wight	Mainland United Kingdom Residents	A term used by residents of the Isle of Wight, sometimes pejoratively, to refer to people from the mainland United Kingdom.

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Paddy	United Kingdom	Ireland people	Derived from Pádraig/Patrick. Often derogatory; however, the sister of Lord Edward FitzGerald, a major leader of the United Irishmen of 1798, proclaimed that he was "a Paddy and no more" and that "he desired no other title than this".
		Irish people	As a reference to a police van, is seen by Irish people as insulting
Pajeet	Worldwide	Indian people, particularly Hindus and Sikhs	An invented term for Indian people, particularly adherents of Hinduism and Sikhism, allegedly originating on 4chan.
Pākehā	New Zealand	New Zealanders of non-Māori origin.	A Te Reo Māori term for New Zealanders with no Polynesian ancestry. The origins of the word is unknown, but there are two common interpretations, "light skin" and "pale, imaginary beings resembling men". It is likely pre-colonial Māori believed Europeans were mythical beings from Māori mythology. The word Pākehā is now commonly used as a word interchangeable with "white" or "European". Language experts and government departments alike do not believe the word has derogatory origins, but some New Zealanders of European decent consider it a derogatory term.
Paki, Pakkis	United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Norway	Pakistanis, other South Asians	A contemptuous term for a person from Pakistan or South Asia by birth or descent, especially one living in Britain.
Palagi	Pacific Islands	White people	A Samoan language term for a white person, found throughout the Pacific islands. Not usually derogatory unless used in reference to a local to imply they have assimilated into Western culture.	Ingjerd Hoëm (2015). 9789027268921, John Benjamins Publishing Company. . ISBN 9789027268921
Paleface	Native Americans	White people		Herman Lehmann (2010). 9781932801057, Great Texas Books. . ISBN 9781932801057
Pancake Face, Pancake		Asian people
Papoose	United States, Canada	Native American children
Paraíba	Brazil	Northeastern Brazilian people	One of the 9 states in the Northeast Region of Brazil. As a slur, it refers generically to any Northeastern person. Used mainly in Rio de Janeiro, the term is related to the Northeastern immigration of the second half of the 20th century.
Parsubang, Parsolam	Indonesia (North Sumatra)	Batak people or non-Batak people	Batak Dalle and non-Batak people who refuse to consume pork, dog meat, blood, or alcoholic beverages. All are considered haram in Islam. Parsolam itself is a wordplay of solam/silom/selam, an old epithet for Islam and Muslims.	Thompson Hasibuan (2019). 9786021768068, Sumatran Archeological Association, an Indonesian Ministry of Education and Cultural company. . ISBN 9786021768068
Pastel de flango	Brazil	people	Used mostly to refer to people of China and origin. Pastel is Portuguese for any pastry and so is used for wonton in Brazil. Flango is eye dialect of frango (Portuguese for chicken) ridiculing Asian pronunciation.	(2025). 9781440579394, Simon and Schuster. . ISBN 9781440579394 (2025). 9781000546873, Routledge. . ISBN 9781000546873
Paša	Serbs	Bosniaks	Literally meaning Pasha, used by Serbs originated during the Bosnian war to generally mock Bosniak Muslims who wanted keep Ottoman Empire titles and place-names. The modern term is used to refer to old Bosniak men who were pictured in wartime cartoons as being "fat as a pasha."	Alexander Hinton (2002). 9780520230286, University of California Press. . ISBN 9780520230286
Peckerwood	Southern African American people and Upper-class White people	Poor, rural White people		Mezz Mezzrow (2025). 9780806512051, Kensington. . ISBN 9780806512051
Peenoise	English language-speaking Southeast Asia	Filipinos	Usually used in English language or sometimes in Filipino (Tagalog language) and other Philippine languages. Compound of Urine + noise, likened to Pinoy, the Colloquialism diminutive demonym for Filipinos. The implication makes fun of their high-pitched voice and tendency to scream when speaking online, especially in Video game and esports.
Perker	Denmark	Arabs, Middle Eastern	Portmanteau of "perser" (Persians) and "tyrker" (Turkish people). The use of it is commonly used towards Middle Eastern immigrants
Pepper or Pepsi	Canada	or Québécois.
Pickaninny		African American or West Indies child		Robin Bernstein (2025). 9780814787090, NYU press. . ISBN 9780814787090 (2025). 9781576073582, ABC-CLIO. . ISBN 9781576073582
Piefke	Austria	and Germans
Pikey / piky / piker	United Kingdom	, Romani people, and vagrant lower-class/poor people	19th century on; derived from "Turnpike trust".
Pindos / Pendos ()	Russia	Americans	Universal disparaging term to refer to all Americans. Related slur terms can refer to the United States ─ such as Pindosiya, Pindostan () and United States of Pindosiya.
Pilak		Filipinos	Regional word for "silver" or "money". Particularly targets immigrants.
Pink pig	South Africa	White people
Plastic Paddy	Ireland	Estranged Irish People	Someone who knows little of Irish culture, but asserts their 'Irish' identity. Can refer to foreign nationals who claim Irishness based solely on having Irish relatives. Often used in the same sense as poseur and wannabe.
Plouc	France	Bretons	Used to mean Breton immigrants that came to Paris and extended to mean hillbillies. The term comes from the prefix "plou" found in many Breton city names and toponyms.
Pocho / pocha	Southwest United States, Mexico		Adjective for a person of Mexican heritage who is partially or fully assimilated into United States culture (literally, "diluted, watered down (drink); undersized (clothing)"). See also "Chicano".	Collins Spanish Dictionary 5th ed. (HarperCollins: 2003). p. 773.
Pocahontas	United States	Native Americans	Refers to a distorted narrative of Pocahontas, a Native American woman, in which the 17th-century daughter of Powhatan who negotiated with the English at Jamestown, married an English colonist and converted to Christianity.
Polack, Polacke, Polak, Polock		Polish people or Slavic peoples people	From the Polish endonym, Polak (see Name of Poland). Note: the proper Swedish demonym for Polish people is polack, and the Norwegian equivalent is polakk.	Irving L. Allen (1983). 9780231055574, Columbia University Press. . ISBN 9780231055574 Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture, Longman Group United Kingdom Limited, 1992, Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (The Swedish Academy's word list of the Swedish language), 10th edition (Stockholm: Norstedt, 1984), , p. 377. Bokmålsordboka (The Bokmål dictionary), 2nd edition (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1997), , p. 398.
Polaco	Spain	Catalans
Polaca	Brazil	Prostitute	In Brazilian Portuguese the word (meaning "Polish woman") became synonymous to "prostitute".	Jeff Lesser, Welcoming the Undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish Question, p.34
Polentone	Italy	Northern Italians	Referring to them as a "polenta eater".
Pom, Pohm, Pommy, Pommie, Pommie Grant	Australia, New Zealand, South Africa	British	Usually non-derogatory, but may be derogatory depending on context.
Porch Monkey		Black people
Porridge wog		Scots
Portagee	United States	Portuguese people and Portuguese Americans	Slur for Portuguese Americans immigrants.
Potet	Norway	Ethnic Norwegians	Means "potato" in Norwegian and is mostly used negatively among non-Western immigrants when talking about or trying to offend ethnic Norwegians. Means "light skin like a potato".
Prairie nigger		Native American
Prindapan	Indonesia	Indian people	From the city of Vrindavan, popularized in Indonesia as the setting of the Indian animated show Little Krishna which aired in Indonesia during the 2010s.
Prod	Northern Ireland	Northern Irish Protestants		(2025). 9780717139590, Gill & Macmillan. . ISBN 9780717139590
Promdi	Philippines	Filipinos from countryside (understood as provinces) who have limited or no knowledge about Metro Manila or other big cities by the time they first arrive	From a pronunciation spelling of English "from the (province)". This term can be offending or stereotypical, as it is often used to make fun of people who first arrive in a big city and wear unfashionable clothes or speak in a rural-like accent, common stereotypes of people coming from the countryside. It is being reclaimed as a symbol of pride. It is often synonymous with the word probinsyano/ probinsyana.
Pshek	Russian	Polish people males

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, Quashi	Caribbean	Black people	Often used on those who were often gullible or unsophisticated. From the Akan names Kwazi, often given to a child born on a Sunday.

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Raghead		Arabs, Indian Sikhs, etc.	Derived from those people wearing traditional headdress such as or . See towel head. Sometimes used generically for all Islamic nations.	(1997). 9780802078407, University of Toronto Press. . ISBN 9780802078407
Ramasamy	British-ruled Southern Africa	Indians,	Ramasamy is a common name used mostly by Tamil people. The racially divided southern Africa was inhabited by a large number of indentured labourers from India of whom Tamils were the majority.	Ramachandra Guha (2014). 9789351183228, Penguin Books Limited. . ISBN 9789351183228
Rastus	United States	African Americans	A stereotypical term.
Razakars	Bengali		Akin to the western term Judas Iscariot.	Nayanika Mookherjee (2025). 9780812242133, University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812242133
Redleg	Barbados	White people	Used to refer to the islands' laborer-class, given how pale skin tends to burn easily.	Jill Sheppard (1977). 9780527822309, KTO Press. ISBN 9780527822309
Redneck	United States	White Americans	Applied to working-class white people perceived to be crass, unsophisticated, and reactionary; closely associated with rural whites of the Southern United States.
Redskin		Native Americans	Often used in the names of sports teams, such as the Washington Redskins, now known as the Washington Commanders. See Native American name controversy.
Remove Kebab		Muslims, usually of Arabian or Turkic peoples descent.	Its origin is a Serbia Strong that was recorded in 1993 during the Yugoslav Wars but the phrase has spread globally amongst far-right groups and the alt-right as a meme between 2006 and 2008. Famously Turkish internet users parodied the sentiment of Serbian nationalists online, with a satirical incoherent rant that ended with the phrase "remove kebab" being repeated. Although the meme initially intended to parody racism, this meaning behind the meme was lost once it became common in alt-right discourse.
Risorse boldriniane	Italy	Maghrebi Arabs	Literally "Boldrini's resources". Used for the first time in 2015 by Matteo Salvini, as a slur for North-African immigrants, who had been unironically called "resources" by Laura Boldrini.
Rockspider, rock	South Africa	Afrikaners
Rootless cosmopolitan ()	Russia	Jews	Soviet epithet, originated in the official parlance, as an accusation of lack of full allegiance to the Soviet Union.	Orlando Figes (2025). 9780805074611, Metropolitan Books. . ISBN 9780805074611
Rosuke, Roske	Japanese	Russians	"suke/ske" is a Japanese general-purpose derogatory suffix.	Mark W. MacWilliams (2014). 9781317466994, Taylor & Francis. . ISBN 9781317466994
Rooinek	South Africa	British people	Slang for a person of British descent.	(2009). 9781101162927, Penguin Publishing Group. . ISBN 9781101162927
Roto	Peru, Bolivia	Chilean people	Used to refer disdainfully. The term roto ("tattered") was first applied to Spanish conquerors in Chile, who were badly dressed and preferred military strength over intellect.	Jorge Larraín (2025). 9789562823999, LOM. . ISBN 9789562823999
Roundeye	English-speaking Asians	Non-Asians, especially White people
, ruski (Polish), (Finnish)	United States, Europe	Russians	From the Russian word Русский Russkiy, meaning "Russian".

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Safavid dynasty	Iraq	Feyli Kurds	Mainly used by higher class Sunni Arabs during Ba'athist Iraq to insult Feyli Kurds for their belief in Shia Islam.
Sambo	United States	African Americans or black people in general		Boskin, Joseph (1986) Sambo, New York: Oxford University Press
, Sandnigger	United States	Arabs or Muslims in general	Mainly used against Muslims due to the desert environment of most Arab countries. Equivalent of dune coon (above).	Nawar Shora (2025). 9781885942470, Cune Press. . ISBN 9781885942470 Johnny Richey (2012). 9781468563641, AuthorHouse. . ISBN 9781468563641
Sangokujin (三国人)	Japan	Korean and Taiwanese people	Originally used to refer the various former colonial subjects of the Empire of Japan in the aftermath of World War II.	" 'There's No Need For an Apology': Tokyo's boisterous governor is back in the headlines ," TIME Asia, 24 April 2000.
Sarong Party Girl	Singapore	Asian women	Used to ridicule Asian women who exclusively dates, marries, or socializes with White men for ulterior motives (especially for sexual, social status, and monetary purpose).
Sassenach	Scottish, Gaelic	English people
Savage	England	Indigenous people, non-Christians	Used to describe a person or people considered primitive/uncivilized. Sometimes a legal term. Targets include indigenous tribes and civilizations in North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. US examples include 1776 Declaration of Independence ("merciless Indian Savages") and 1901 Supreme Court DeLima v. Bidwell ruling describing Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as "savage tribes"
Sawney	England	Scottish people	Archaic term. Local variant of Sandy, short for "Alasdair".
Scandihoovian		people living in the United States	Somewhat pejorative term for people of descent living in the United States, now often embraced by Scandinavian descendants.	(2015). 9781317372516, Taylor & Francis. . ISBN 9781317372516 "disparaging: a Scandinavian individual esp. living in the United States" (2025). 9780873518413, Minnesota Historical Society. . ISBN 9780873518413
Seppo, Septic	Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom	American people	Cockney rhyming slang (septic), Australian rhyming slang (seppo): Septic tank – Yankee.
Schluchtenscheißer	Germany	Austrian people	Translates to somebody defecating in a cave (word-for-word translation: gorge shitter) and alludes to the mountainous landscape of Austria.
Schvartse, Schwartze	Yiddish or German speakers	African people (in the United States) Mizrahi Jews (in Israel)	Literally translates to "black".
Schwartze Khayeh	Ashkenazi Jews	Mizrahi Jews	Literally translates to "black animal".	(1989). 9780292738478, Austin : University of Texas Press. . ISBN 9780292738478
	United States	Black women
Sheeny / Sheenie	United States	Jewish people	A 19th-century term for an "untrustworthy Jew".	Robert A. Rockaway (2025). 9789652292490, Gefen Publishing House Ltd.. . ISBN 9789652292490
Sheepshagger	Australia, United Kingdom	(in Australia) Welsh people people (in the UK)
Shelta	Ireland	Irish Travellers	Derived from siúilta, which means "The Walkers" in Irish language.
Shiksa (female), Sheigetz (male)	Yiddish speakers	Non-Jewish people	From Yiddish (sheygets) from Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (shékets), 'abomination'.
Shina (支那)	Japan	Chinese people	The Chinese term "Zhina" was orthographically borrowed from the Japanese "shina". Variant form of this term: Shinajin/Zhinaren (支那人)	Joshua A. Fogel, "New Thoughts on an Old Controversy: Shina as a Toponym for China", Sino-Platonic Papers, 229 (August 2012)
Zhina (支那)	Taiwan, Hong Kong
Shine	United States	Black people	Derived from shoeshiner, a lowly job many black people had to take.
/ Shitlip	North America, United Kingdom	Muslims, Black people	A racial and religious slur hurled at Muslims and other black people as well, for their extremely dark, "shit-colored" skin complexions
Shiptar	Former Yugoslavia	Albanian people	From misspelled Albanian endonym "Shqiptar".
Shka i Velikës		Montenegrins from Velika	Derogatory terms for Montenegrins named after the place Velika in Montenegro.
Shkije		South Slavs, in particular Serbs, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bosniaks	Derived from the Latin word "Sclavus" or from the Venetian word "Schiavone", which means Slavs.	Gjergj Fishta; Robert Elsie; Janice Mathie-Heck (2005). The Highland Lute. I.B.Tauris. p. 459. .
Shkinulkë		South Slavs, in particular Serbs, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bosniaks	Same as Shkije but targeted towards women.
Shkutor Croatian: Škutor	Croatia	West-Herzegovinan Croatian people	Primarily used to refer to ethnic Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as to majority of Croats who are not natives of the modern-day Croatia (i.e. Croats of Hungary, Croats of Vojvodina etc.).
Shoneen	Ireland	Irish People	Irish Person who imitates English Customs. It means "Little John" in Irish language, referring to John Bull, a national personification of the British Empire in general and more specifically of England.
Shylock / Shyster		Jewish people perceived as greedy or usurious	From the antagonistic character of Shylock, a Jewish money-lender, in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice.
(死阿陸)	Taiwan	Chinese people	Literally means "damned mainlanders". the homophonic numerical form of this phrase(426) is also frequently used.	旺报：從426看一些台灣人的狹隘政治觀 want-daily.com 2014-7-17
Siamtue (, )	(Thai Chinese)	Thai people (usually include Mon people)	Literally Siamese pig; "low and vile like pigs, easy to fatten and slaughter, easy money"; mostly refers to Central Thais who migrated to Bangkok.
Sideways vagina/pussy/cooter		Asian women, particularly Chinese women.		(1970). 9780850950007, Odyssey Press Ltd.. . ISBN 9780850950007
Skinny	United States	Somali people	A term most commonly used for Somali militia fighters.	Mark Bowden (1999). 9780140288506, Penguin Books. . ISBN 9780140288506
Skopianoi	Greece	Ethnic Macedonians	Derived from Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia.
Skip, Skippy	Australia	An Australian, especially one of British descent	Derived from the children's television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
Skævøjet	Denmark	East Asian people	Skævøjet, literally meaning "with crooked eyes", is a reference to their appearance.
Slant, slant–eye		East Asian people	In reference to the appearance of the eyes.
Slobo	Finland	Russians or Slavs	From the Slavic languages word sloboda ("freedom") through some means, probably through some form of Russian language слобода́ ( slobodá).
Slope, slopehead, slopy, slopey, sloper	Australia, United Kingdom, and United States	Asian people (especially Vietnamese in Australia; especially Chinese in America)	Also slant, slant-eye.
Snowflake	United States	White people	Mostly used in this context in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Smoked Irish/Smoked Irishman	United States	Black people	A 19th-century term intended to insult both blacks and Irish but used primarily for black people.
Somdeang (โสมแดง)	Thailand	North Koreans	Literally "red ginseng" (see also Somkhao).
Somkhao (โสมขาว)	Thailand	South Koreans	Literally "white ginseng" (see also Somdeang).
Soosmar-khor: (سوسمار خور)	Persia	Arabian people	Persian for "lizard eater," referring to the eating of lizards in Arab cuisine.	Terence O'Donnell (1980). 9780899190167, Ticknor & Fields. . ISBN 9780899190167 Elaine Sciolino (2001). 9780743217798, Simon and Schuster. . ISBN 9780743217798
Sooty	United States	Black people	Originated in the 1950s.
Southern Faerie, Southern Fairy	United Kingdom	Southern English people	Used in the North of England to refer to someone from the South, alluding to their supposed mollycoddled ways. (see also Northern Monkey.)	Tim Collins (2014). 9781782432838, Michael OMara. . ISBN 9781782432838
Soutpiel	South Africa	White English language speakers	An Afrikaans term abbreviated as "Soutie" and translates as "Salt-penis," it derives from the Boer Wars where it was said that British soldiers had one foot in the United Kingdom, one foot in South Africa, and their penis dangled in the Atlantic Ocean (filled with saltwater).	Philip Hummel (2011). 9781456718015, Author House. . ISBN 9781456718015
Spade		Black people	Recorded since 1928 (OED), from the playing cards suit.
Spearchucker		African Americans or people of African descent in general	Derived from the idea that people of African descent were primitive.
Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty	United States	Hispanic people	First recorded use in 1915. Believed to be a play on a Spanish-accented pronunciation of the English word speak. May apply to Spanish speakers in general and originally applied to Italians and Italian immigrants as well.	Interactive Dictionary of Language. Accessed 12 April 2007. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Accessed 12 April 2007.Santiago, Esmeralda. When I Was Puerto Rican. New York: Vintage Books, 1993. citing as an etymology American Speech XIII. 311/1 (1938)
Spook		Black people	Attested from the 1940s.
Squarehead		Nordic race people, such as or Germans.	Refers to either the stereotyped shape of their heads, or to the shape of the Stahlhelm M1916 steel helmet, or to its owner's stubbornness (like a block of wood).
Squaw	United States and Canada	Native American women	Derived from lower East Coast Algonquian (Massachusett: ussqua), which originally meant "young woman".
Svartskalle	Sweden	People with dark hair or dark skin
Svenne / svenne banan	Sweden	Swedish people	A slang form of the word "svensk" which means swede in Swedish language, and is mostly used negatively among non-Western immigrants when talking about or trying to offend ethnic Swedes.
Swamp Guinea		Italian people
Szkop,	Poland, Czech Republic	German people	The Polish term was particularly often used for Wehrmacht soldiers during World War II.
Szmatogłowy	Poland	Middle Eastern people, Arabs	Polish translation of "Raghead".
Szwab	Poland	German people	Derived from Swabia. See also: Fritz.

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T

Taffy or Taff	United Kingdom	Welsh people	Originating as a corruption of the name Dafydd () Davy or David, and equivalent of other historic English pejoratives Paddy and Jock. Known since at least the 17th century when life-sized effigies of Welshmen were symbolically lynched in London, and the 18th-century custom of baking "taffies", gingerbread figures made in the shape of a skewered Welshman.
Taig (also Teague, Teg and Teig)	United Kingdom (primarily Northern Ireland)	Irish nationalists	Used by Ulster loyalism in Northern Ireland for members of the nationalist/Irish Catholic/Gaels community. Derived from the Irish name Tadhg, often mistransliterated as Timothy.
Tai Ke	Taiwan	Taiwanese people of lower socio-economic status	Literally means "Taiwan person". Now Reappropriation.
Tanka	China	Tanka people	A name for a distinct ethnic group traditionally living in boats off the shore of South China. Originally descriptive ("Tan"/"Tang" is a Cantonese term for boat or junk and "ka" means family or peoples, l=), the term Tanka is now considered derogatory and no longer in common use. The people concerned prefer to call themselves by other names, such as 'Nam Hoi Yan' (l=People of The Southern Sea) or 'Sui Seung Yan' (l=People Born on The Waters), and other more polite terms.	Farewell to Peasant China: Rural Urbanization and Social Change in ... – Page 75 Gregory Eliyu Guldin – 1997 "In Dongji hamlet, most villagers were originally shuishangren (boat people) Also and settled on land only in the 1950s. Per-capita cultivated land averaged only 1 mu ..." Cornelius Osgood (1975). 9780816504183, University of Arizona Press. . ISBN 9780816504183 Martin Hürlimann (1962). 9783761100301, Viking Press. . ISBN 9783761100301 Valery M. Garrett (1987). 9780195841749, Oxford University Press. . ISBN 9780195841749
Tar-Baby	United States	Black children	Also used to refer without regard to race to a situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself. See .
	Vietnam	Chinese people	Variant form of "Tàu khựa"
Teabag	South Africa	Black and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds individuals who have a light skin
Teapot		Black people	Originates from the 19th century.
Terrone	Italy	Southern Italy people
Teuchter	Southern Scotland	Northern Scottish people	Used to refer to somebody from the north of Scotland or rural Scottish areas.	(1985). 9780080284910, Aberdeen University Press. ISBN 9780080284910
Thambi, thambiya ()	Sri Lanka	Muslims, especially Sri Lankan Moors	From the Tamil word தம்பி (tambi) meaning "younger brother." The anglicization "Tamby" was used to refer to Moors in British Ceylon at the turn of the 20th century.
Thicklips	United Kingdom	Black people
Tibla	Estonia	Russian or Soviet people	In widespread use by the Estonian War of Independence, this word was forbidden under the Soviet occupation of Estonia. It may be a shortened corruption of Vitebski, workers from the Vitebsk Governorate during World War I who were seen as dumb. It may also come from the Russian profane addressing "ty, blyad," "ты, блядь" ("you bitch", and the like a) or, truncated, "ty, blya," "ты, бля.	"Tibla", Estonian Vocabulary (Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2006), Institute of the Estonian Language
Tiko	Indonesia	Native Indonesian people	Tiko stands for Tikus kotor (Dirty rat). It may also derive from Hokkien 猪哥 (ti-ko), which means "brother of a pig", referring to their majority Muslim heritage.
Timber nigger		Native Americans	Refers to the Native Americans on the East coast living in areas that were heavily forested.
Timur		Syrian people from Damascus	Refers to the children born of the mass rapes that the Turco-Mongol Tatar soldiers of Timur committed against the Syrian women of Damascus in the Siege of Damascus (1400).
Ting tong	United Kingdom	Chinese people or East Asians.
Tinker / tynekere / tinkere / tynkere, -are / tynker / tenker / tinkar / tyncar / tinkard / tynkard / tincker	United Kingdom and Ireland	Lower-class people	An inconsequential person (typically lower-class) (note that in Britain, the term "Irish Tinker" may be used, giving it the same meaning as example as directly below).
	Scotland and Ireland	Romani people	Origin unknown – possibly relating to one of the "traditional" occupations of Romanis as traveling "tinkerers" or repairers of common household objects.
	Scotland	Native Scottish people	A member of the native community; previously itinerant (but mainly now settled); who were reputed for their production of domestic implements from basic materials and for repair of the same items, being also known in the past as "travelling tinsmiths", possibly derived from a reputation for rowdy and alcoholic recreation. Often confused with Romani people.
Toad	United States	Black people	Prison slang.
Tokutei Asia	Japan	Chinese and Korean people	Literally means "specific Asia", A term used by netto-uyoku referring to the only specific part of Asia with strong Anti-Japanese sentiment in their countries (China and North/South Korea).
Tonto	United States	Native Americans	Native American character in the American television and radio programs The Lone Ranger. Spanish for "Idiot".
Touch of the tar brush	Commonwealth	White people with suspected non-white ancestry	Phrase for a person of predominantly European ancestry with real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry.	John Akomfrah 1991 A Touch of the Tarbrush (TV Documentary) 1991
Towel head		Turban wearers	Often refers specifically to Sikhs, or Arabs and Muslims—based on the traditional keffiyeh headdress. However, in British English, the term is only used to refer to Arabs. Americans use the term 'rag-head' to apply to wearers of turbans as well, because the cloth that makes a turban could be described as a rag, but in British English the term towel-head solely refers to Arabs because the traditional, Middle Eastern keffiyeh, such as the red and white Saudi one or the black and white Palestinian keffiyeh worn by Yasser Arrafat, resemble the most common styles of British tea-towels – dishcloth in American – while Sikh turbans do not.
Tumba-Yumba ()	Post-Soviet countries	Africans and by extension any culture perceived as uncivilized	From "Mumbo-Jumbo" ().
Turco-Albanian (, "Turco-Albanian")	Greece	Muslim Albanians	Ethnographic, religious, and derogatory term used by Greeks for Muslim Albanians.	Millas, Iraklis (2006). "Tourkokratia: History and the image of Turks in Greek literature." South European Society & Politics. 11. (1): 50. "The 'timeless' existence of the Other (and the interrelation of the Self with this Other) is secured by the name used to define him or her. Greeks often name as 'Turks' various states and groups—such as the Seljuks, the Ottomans, even the Albanians ( Turkalvanoi)".
Turco	Brazil, Chile	Syrian diaspora, Palestinians, Lebanese, Jews, Armenians	Meaning "Turk" in Portuguese and Spanish. The term originated in the late 19th century to refer those who came to Brazil, Argentina and Chile from the Ottoman Empire. Since Jews (both Sephardic and Ashkenazi) frequently occupied the same roles as as Syrians and Lebanese (who were the majority of those with Ottoman passports in Brazil), they were also called "turcos" in Brazil. Ironically, there was no relevant immigration of ethnic Turkish people to Brazil.
Turčin, Poturčin	Serbs	Bosniaks	In reference to the supposed ambiguity of Bosniaks and their ethnic origins; referring to their acceptance of the Muslim faith as them becoming "Turkified" or "Poturčin"	(2025). 9781789207750, Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781789207750
Turk	South Wales	Llanelli residents	The origin of this term is uncertain; some theories suggest it due to Llanelli's popularity with Turkish sailors in the late 19th to early 20th century or possibly when Turkish migrants heading for the United States stopped in Llanelli and decided to settle due to there being jobs available. However, most likely it's due to the fact that during World War One there was a trade embargo in place during Gallipoli, but Llanelli continued to trade tin with the Turkish; this led to people from neighbouring Swansea and other surrounding areas referring to them as Turks.	(1999). 9780415185417, Psychology Press. . ISBN 9780415185417
Turkentrekker	The Netherlands	Turkish people	A combination of the word "Turk" and "kurkentrekker" (corkscrew).
Turko	Sephardic Jews	Ashkenazi Jews	Judaeo-Spanish word meaning "Turk". The exact history of the term is uncertain, but possibly refers to the Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry.	Kevin Funk (2025). 9780253062567, Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253062567
:	United States	European Americans,	European Americans with few or no social or genealogical links to an indigenous tribe, who claims to be Native American, particularly a New Age practitioner purporting to be a spiritual leader, healer, or medicine man/Medicine woman (). Also an Asian American who has become assimilated into mainstream American culture ().	James Allan Wren (2025). 9781610695688, ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610695688 Bruce Elliott Johansen (2025). 9780275991401, Praeger. . ISBN 9780275991401 Devon A. Mihesuah (2025). 9780932863959, Clarity Press. . ISBN 9780932863959
Type C	Malaysia	Chinese people	Type C was another name for USB-C before being used as a slur referring to Chinese people, its proclaimed meaning is 'Type Chinese'.

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U

Ukro-nazi, Ukronazi, Ukrofascist	Russia	Ukrainians	Label used to link self-identifying Ukrainians during the Russo-Ukrainian War to Nazism, evoke Soviet victory in WWII, and justify Russian atrocities in Ukraine. , .
Ukrop	Russians	Ukrainians	A disparaging term which means "dill" in Russian, itself derived from " Ukrainian" ↔ Ukrop.	Putin unapologetic, uncompromising on war against Ukraine, Kyiv Post (18 December 2014)
Uncle Tom	United States	Black people	Refers to black people perceived as behaving in a subservient manner to white authority figures. In South Africa, the term "Uncle Tom" has been used as a derogatory slur against Cape Coloureds who were perceived as collaborating with the apartheid regime or being subservient to white people. In South Africa, the use of the term "Uncle Tom" by black people against Cape Coloureds or vice versa is considered racist and discriminatory according to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act.
Unta	Indonesia	Arab Indonesians	Meaning "Camel".
UPAina/ UPAińcy / UPAiniec, UPAinka	Poland	Ukrainians	Portmanteau word Ukraine + UPA (Ukrayins'ka Povstans'ka Armiia) responsible for Volhynia genocide.
Uppity		Black people	Refers to black people who are perceived as being insolent.
Uzkoglazyj	Russia	Asian people, in particular East and Central Asians.	Narrow-eyed

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V

Vanja	Finland	Russian people	Synonym of ryssä, referring to Russians or Slavs broadly.
Veneco	South America	Venezuelans
Vrindavan, Prindapan	Indonesia	Indian people	Indonesian version of pajeet. Originated from Little Krishna animated series.
Vuzvuz	Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews	Ashkenazi Jews	Onomatopoeia of the Yiddish word for "What", which Judaeo-Spanish speaking Sephardi Jews and Judaeo-Arabic speaking Mizrahi Jews did not understand.

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W

Wagon burner		Native American people	A reference to when Native American tribes would attack during the wars in the eastern American frontier.
Wasi'chu, Wasichu	Lakota people, Dakota people	Non-Native white people	Word for a non-Native white person, meaning "the one who takes the best meat for himself".
West Brit	Ireland	Irish people	Directed at Irish people perceived as being insufficiently Irish or too Anglophile.
Wetback	United States	Undocumented immigrants (of mostly Hispanic descent)	Refers to undocumented immigrants residing in the United States. Originally applied specifically to undocumented Mexico migrant workers who had crossed the United States border via the Rio Grande river to find work in the United States, the word's meaning has since broadened to any undocumented person who enters the United States via the southern border.
White ape, White chimpanzee	Britain, United States	Irish people	Irish people were often portrayed as apes in cartoon and newspaper illustrations and also in conversation, most notably by Charles Kingsley who referred to the Irish as "White chimpanzees" after his stay in County Sligo	(1976). 9780801480850, Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801480850
White ears	Nauru	White people
White interloper		White people	Refers to a white person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.
Wigger / Whigger / Wigga (meaning white nigger)	United States	Irish people	Used in 19th-century United States to refer to the Irish. Sometimes used today in reference to white people in a manner similar to white trash or redneck. Also refers to white youth that imitate urban black youth by means of clothing style, mannerisms, and slang speech. Also used by radical Québécois in self-reference, as in the seminal 1968 book White Niggers of America.	Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth-Century America. Joe Austin, New York University Press, 1998. p360.
White nigger, Nigger wop	United States	Southern Italians	From the 1800s, inferring such Italians were not "white" enough to be allowed citizenship.	(1998). 9780674063716, Harvard University Press. . ISBN 9780674063716
White trash	United States	Poor white people	Common usage from the 1830s by black house slaves against white servants.	Fannie Kemble, Journal (1835), p. 81
Whitey		White people
Wog	Commonwealth	Dark-skinned foreigners	Any swarthy or dark-skinned foreigner. Possibly derived from "golliwogg." In Western world nations, it usually refers to dark-skinned people from Asia or Africa, though some use the term to refer to anyone outside the borders of their own country.
	Australia	Southern Europeans, Mediterraneans	Usually used to refer to Southern Europeans and Mediterraneans (Italians, Croatians, Greeks, Albanians, Maltese, Macedonians, Turks, Lebanese). It has become Reappropriation by the cultures that it is commonly used to describe, but may be considered by some as controversial.
Wop	United States, Canada, United Kingdom	Italian people	Derived from the Italian dialectism, "guappo", close to "dude, swaggerer" and other informal appellations, a greeting among male Neapolitans.

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X

Xiao Riben	China	Japanese people	Literally translated, it means "little Japan". It is often used with "guizi" or ghost/devil, such as "xiao Riben guizi", or "little Japanese devil".
Xing Ling	Brazil	Chinese people	Chinese products or low-quality products in general. Sometimes used to refer to Chinese people as well. Etymologically, this term is said to be derived from Mandarin Chinese 星零 xing ling ("zero stars").

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Y

Yam yam	United Kingdom	Black Country residents	Term used by people from Birmingham.
Yanakuna	Chile	Mapuche	Term used by modern Mapuche as an insult for Mapuches considered to be subservient to non-indigenous Chileans, "sellout." Use of the word "yanacona" to describe people have led legal action in Chile.
Yank	Australia, United Kingdom	Americans	A contraction of "Yankee" below, first recorded in 1778 and employed internationally by speakers of British English in informal reference to all Americans generally.
Yankee	Dutch speakers	Americans	Possibly from Janke ("Johnny") or a dialectical variant of Jan Kaas ("John Cheese"). First applied by the Dutch colonists of New Amsterdam to and then to other residents of New England, "Yankee" remains in use in the American South in reference to Northerners, often in a mildly pejorative sense. Outside the US, especially in Spain and South America, used to describe all citizens of the US, regardless of which part of the US they come from.
Yaposhka	Russia	Japanese people	Derived from "yaponets" (Cyrillic: )
Yellow		Asian people	An East or southeast Asian person, in reference to those who have a yellowish skin color.
		Mixed Ethnic people	Anyone of mixed heritage, especially Black people or White people people; a light-skinned black person, or a dark-skinned white person.
Yellow bone / High yellow	United States	A light-skin black person Equivalent of yellow (above).
Yid		Jewish people	Derived from its use as an endonym among Yiddish-speaking Jews. In the United Kingdom, "yid" is also used to refer to supporters of the Tottenham Hotspur football club, whose fans refer to themselves and players as "yids" (or the derivative form "yiddo"), regardless of whether or not they are Jewish, as part of a reclamation attempt centered around the club's significant historic Jewish following. The latter sense is common and well-established enough to be found under the word's Oxford English Dictionary entry, though its use has become controversial and a matter of debate in the 21st century, with opinions from both Jews and non-Jews, Tottenham fans and non-fans, running the gamut.
Yuon	Cambodia	Vietnamese people	The Khmer language word "yuon" or "youn" (yuôn) យួន /juən/ comes from the Chinese 越, in modern times pronounced "Yue". The same character is the root of the "Viet" in "Vietnam". During the Khmer Rouge era, a folk etymology was pushed that placed the term yuon as being descended from the Sanskrit "Yavana", which initially referred to the Ionians but later referred to Greeks in general and later foreigners. The folk etymology was used to push the narrative that Khmer people and Kinh people have always been enemies.

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Z

Zanj	Persian and Arabic	Black people	Zanj Rebellion	(2016). 9781317589396, Routledge. . ISBN 9781317589396
Zip, Zipperhead	United States	Asian people	Used by American military personnel during the Korean War and Vietnam War. Also used in the films Apocalypse Now (1979), Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Romeo Must Die (2000), Gran Torino (2008), and Premium Rush (2012).	Paul Dickson (2025). 9781574887105, Potomac Books Inc.. ISBN 9781574887105 Katherine Kinney (2025). 9780198027584, Oxford University Press. . ISBN 9780198027584
Zuca, Brazuca	Portugal	Brazilians	Short for Brazuca, derived from "Brasil", used by Portuguese people to refer to Brazilians living in Portugal.
Zhyd, zhid, zhydovka, zhidovka	East Slavic language speakers	Jewish people	Originally neutral (as in other Slavic languages), but became pejorative as debate over the Jewish question and the antisemitism in the Russian Empire intensified in the end of the 19th century. While still in official use during the Ukrainian War of Independence and the short-lived Belarusian Democratic Republic, its use was banned by the Soviet authorities, which had previously been campaigning against its usage, in the 1930s. The usage of the word "" in Polish depends on capitalisation and grammatical form: upper-case is neutral and denotes Jews in general or Jews as a nationality; the lower-case form (żyd, plural: żydzi) denotes a follower of Judaism; both are neutral. Related terms are considered offensive: alternative plural "żydy" or diminutive "żydek" (plural: żydki).

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See also

• Sex- and gender-related slurs
• Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese
• List of disability-related terms with negative connotations
• List of ethnic group names used as insults
• List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity
• List of regional nicknames
• List of religious slurs
• List of terms used for Germans
• Lists of pejorative terms for people
• Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Xenophobia in the United States

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Further reading

• Adhikari, Mohamed, editor. Burdened by Race: Coloured Identities in Southern Africa. UCT Press, 2013, pp. 69, 124, 203 ISBN 978-1-92051-660-4 [21].
• Burchfield, Robert. "Dictionaries and Ethnic Sensibilities." In The State of the Language, ed. Leonard Michaels and Christopher Ricks, University of California Press, 1980, pp. 15–23.
• Croom, Adam M. "Racial Epithets: What We Say and Mean by Them". Dialogue 51 (1):34–45 (2008)
• Henderson, Anita. "What's in a Slur?" American Speech, Volume 78, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 52–74 in Project MUSE
• Kennedy, Randall. Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word (Pantheon, 2002)
• Mencken, H. L. "Designations for Colored Folk." American Speech, 1944. 19: 161–74.
• Mathabane, M. (1986). Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa. Simon & Schuster. (Chapter 2)
• Wachal, Robert S. "Taboo and Not Taboo: That Is the Question." American Speech, 2002. vol. 77: 195–206.

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Dictionaries

• Erin McKean, ed. The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition. (Oxford University Press, 2005)
• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2002)
• John A. Simpson, Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series.
• Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, ed. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary. (Oxford University Press, 2004)

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