Offensive terms per nationality

This list of ethnic slurs and epithets is sorted into categories that can defined by race, ethnicity, or nationality.

Broader ethnic categories

African

; Af : (Rhodesia) African to a white Rhodesian (Rhodie). Livingstone, Douglas. 1986. ''Drums Along Balmoral Drive''.
; Ape : (US) a black person.
; Béni-oui-oui : Mostly used during the French colonization of Algeria as a term for Algerian Muslims.
; Bluegum : an African American perceived as being lazy and who refuses to work.
; Boogie : a black person (film noir); "The boogies lowered the boom on Beaver Canal." Mankiewicz, Joseph L., dir. 1950. ''No Way Out'' ilm starring Sidney Poitier and Richard Widmark.
; Buck : a black person or Native American.
; Burrhead / Burr-head / Burr head : (US) a black person, in reference to Afro-textured hair.
; Colored : (US) a black person. Once generally accepted as inoffensive, this word is now considered disrespectful by some. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) continues to use its full name unapologetically. This is not to be confused with the term "person of color" which is the preferred term for collectively referring to all non-white people.
; Coon : (US and UK) originally used by Europeans/white people as a pejorative term for a black person. Possibly from Portuguese ''barracos,'' a building constructed to hold slaves for sale (1837). The term (though still also used in its original sense) is commonly used today by African or Black Americans towards members of the same race who are perceived to pander/kowtow to white people; to be a 'sellout'; to hate themselves; or to "collud with racism for personal gain."Abbey, Nels. 11 October 2018.
In defence of ‘Uncle Tom’ and ‘coconut’
" ''Media Diversified''. Retrieved 15 August 2020. It is often used against black conservatives or Republicans (similar to '' Uncle Tom'' and ''coconut'').Leonard, Connie. 14 August 2019.
AG candidate Daniel Cameron on racial slur: ‘I’ve been called worse’
" ''Wave3''.Dunbar, Anwar Y. 3 September 2017.
Are you Cooning? Thoughts on Black America’s new favorite racial slur, critical thought, and groupthink
" ''The'' ''Big Words Blog Site''.
; Crow : (US) a black person.
; Eggplant : (US) A black person. Notable for appearing in the 1979 film, '' The Jerk'' and the 1993 film '' True Romance.
; Fuzzies : (Commonwealth) A black person. Notable for appearing in the 1964 film, '' Zulu''.
; Fuzzy-Wuzzy : (Commonwealth) A Hadendoa Beja. The term is a reference to the distinctive ''dirwa'' hairstyle used by many Beja men.
; Golliwogg : (Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, named after Florence Kate Upton's children's book character.
; Hapsi / Habsi: (Nepal), a term used for black person from Africa.
; Jigaboo / jiggabo, jijjiboo, zigabo / jig, jigg, jiggy, jigga : (US and UK) a black person (JB) with stereotypical black features. (dark skin, wide nose, etc.) Refer to mannerisms that resemble dancing.
; Jim Crow : (US) a black person; also the name for the segregation laws prevalent in much of the United States until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
; Jim Fish : (South Africa) a black person.
; Jungle bunny : (US and UK) a black person.
; Kaffir, kaffer, kafir, kaffre : (South Africa) a. a black person. Considered ''very'' offensive.
; Macaca, macaque : a person of black African descent, originally used in languages of colonial powers in Africa. Same as "macaque".
; Mammy : Domestic servant of black African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud.Goings, Kenneth (1994) ''Mammy and Uncle Mose: Black Collectibles and American Stereotyping'', Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
; Monkey : a person of black African descent. See also Macaca (slur). It also gave rise to the racist " monkey chants" in sports.
; Mosshead : a black person.
; Munt : (South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia) a term, used among white people, for a black person. The term derives from ''muntu,'' the singular of Bantu.
; Nig-nog : (US and UK) a black person.
; Nigger / niggar / niggur, niger / nigor / nigre (Caribbean) / nigar, nigga / niggah / nig / nigguh : (International) a black person. From the word '' negro'', which means the color black in numerous languages. Diminutive appellations include ''Nigg'' and ''Nigz''. Over time, the terms '' nigga'' and ''niggaz'' (plural) have come to be frequently used between some African or black diaspora without the negative associations of '' nigger''. Considered ''very'' offensive and typically censored as "the n-word" even in reference to its use. The terms niggress, negress, and nigette are feminized formulations of the term.
; Niglet / nigglet : a black child.
; Nigra / negra / niggra / nigrah / nigruh : (US) a black person, first used in the early 1900s.
; Pickaninny : generally refers to black children, or a caricature of them which is widely considered racist.
; Porch monkey : a black person.
; Powder burn : a black person.
; Quashie : a black person.
; Sambo : (US) an African American, black, Indigenous American, a mixed race person, or sometimes a South Asian person.
; Smoked Irishman : (US) 19th century term for black people.
; Sooty : a term for a black person, originated in the U.S. in the 1950s.
; Spade : a term for a black person, first recorded in 1928, from the playing cards suit.
; Spook : a black person.
; Tar baby : (US) a black person, especially a child.
; Teapot : A black person, derived in 19th century.
; Thicklips, bootlips : a black person.

Asian

East Asian

; Celestial : (Australia) Chinese people, used in the late 1900s, a reference to their coming from the " Celestial Empire" (i.e. China).
; Charlie : (US) A term used by American troops during the Vietnam War as a shorthand for communist guerrillas: it was shortened from "Victor Charlie", the radio code designation for the Viet Cong, or VC.
; Chinaman : (US) Chinese person, used in old American west when discrimination against Chinese was common.
; Chink : (US) a person of East Asian descent.
; Slope : (Australia) a person of East Asian descent.
; Coolie : (North America) unskilled Asian laborer, usually Chinese (originally used in the 19th century for Chinese railroad laborers). Possibly from Mandarin ''ku li'' () or Hindi ''kuli'', 'day laborer'. Also racial epithet for Indo-Caribbean people, especially in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.
; Gook : East Asian people, particularly aimed towards Koreans. The term originates from the Korean War and comes from the Korean word for country. The Korean word for the United States of America is ''Mee Hap Joon Gook'', which is shorten to the more familiar ''Mee Gook''. ''Dae Han Min Gook'' or the People’s Republic of Korea is similarly shortened to ''Han Gook''. The word was given a derogatory slant by American service men who used it to refer to Koreans. It was also used prominently during the Vietnam War, particularly towards the Viet Cong.
; Jap : (Predominantly US) a Japanese person. Shortened from the word " Japanese", often used pejoratively.
; Nip : a Japanese person. From '' Nippon'', first used in World War II.
; Oriental : (Predominantly US, used elsewhere) Refers to an East Asian person (of the Orient) and/or their ethnicity. In 2016, US President Barack Obama signed a bill to remove the term ''Oriental'', together with some others, as a reference to a person from federal laws.
; Yellow, Yellowman, or Yellowwoman : designating or pertaining to an East Asian person, in reference to those who have a yellowish skin complexion.

South Asian

; American-Born Confused Desi, or ABCD : (US) used by South-Asian diaspora for American-born South Asians, including Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi (mainly Indians, as they are the largest number of South Asians in the US) who are confused about their cultural identity. This is often used humorously without any derogatory meaning.
; Brownie : a brown-skinned person of South Asian, Arab, or Hispanic descent. Rarely used as someone of Native-American or Pacific-Island descent.
; Chee-chee : a Eurasian half-caste, probably from Hindi ''chi-chi fie,'' literally 'dirt'.
; Chinki : used in India for those from Northeast India.
; Curry muncher : (Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and North America) a person of Asian Indian origin.
; Madrasi : outdated exonym for the people of South India (named for the city of Madras, i.e. modern-day Chennai).
; Malaun : (Bangladesh) term for Hindus.
; Paki : (UK) pejorative for a person from South Asia (particularly Pakistan) and mainly used in the United Kingdom. First recorded in 1964 during increased immigration of Pakistanis to the United Kingdom and popularized during a heightened era of Paki-bashing. Although considered the 'P-Word' in the United Kingdom, it is colloquially used by Pakistanis in North America and elsewhere to refer to themselves and is not commonly perceived as deragatory when referred to as Paki by others.

Southeast Asian

; Dink : Someone of Southeast Asian origin, particularly aimed towards a Vietnamese person. Also used as a disparaging term for a North Vietnamese soldier or guerrilla in the Vietnam War. Origin: 1965–70, Americanism.
; Flip : (US) An ethnic slur applied to Filipinos.
; Gugus : (US) a racial term used to refer to Filipino guerillas during the Philippine–American War. The term came from ''gugo'', the Tagalog name for '' Entada phaseoloides'' or the St. Thomas bean, the bark of which was used by Filipinas to shampoo their hair. The term was a predecessor to the term gook, a racial term used to refer to all Asian people.
; Huan-a : Hokkien word for foreigner, used to refer to non-Chinese Southeast Asian people and Taiwanese aborigines, considered offensive by most non-Chinese speakers.
; Jakun : a person considered unsophisticated in Malaysia; derived from the name of an indigenous Orang Asli group.

West Asian

; Camel jockey : an Arab.
; Hajji, Hadji, Haji : Used to refer to Iraqis, Arabs, Afghans, or Middle Eastern people in general. Derived from the honorific '' Al-Hajji'', the title given to a Muslim who has completed the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca).
; Sand nigger: person who dwells in deserts, especially of Arabian peninsula or African continent.
; Towelhead / Raghead : A Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or member of any group that traditionally wears headdress such as a turban, keffiyeh, or headscarf.
; Turco : an Arab. Used in Chile after the Ottoman nationality that early Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian immigrants had on their passports

European

; Ang mo : (Malaysia and Singapore) Hokkien for "red hair" referring to Dutch people from the 17th century and expanded to all white people by the 19th century, has become a neutral term in the 21st century.
; Barang : (Cambodia) any white person.
; Bule : (Indonesia) white people; literally, "albino", but used to mean any white person, in the same way that "colored" might be used to refer to a black person.
; Charlie : used by African Americans, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, to refer to a white person. From James Baldwin's play, '' Blues For Mister Charlie''.
; Coonass or coon-ass : (US) a Cajun; may be derived from the French ''conasse''.
; Cracker : (US) white people, originally and still particularly used to refer to poor white people from the American South.
; Farang : (Thailand) any white person.
; Gammon : white people, especially older white men - based on the appearance of their faces.
; Gringo : (Americas) Non-Hispanic US national. Hence Gringolandia, the United States; not always a pejorative term, unless used with intent to offend.
; Gubba : (Australia) Aboriginal (Koori) term for white people – derived from Governor / Gubbanah
; Gweilo, gwailo, kwai lo : (Hong Kong and South China) A White man. ''Gwei'' or ''kwai'' () means 'ghost', which the color white is associated with in China; and the term ''lo'' () refers to a regular guy (i.e. a fellow, a chap, or a bloke). Once a mark of xenophobia, the word was promoted by Maoists as insulting but is now in general, informal use.
; Honky : (US) a white person.
; Haole : (Hawaii) Usually not offensive, can be derogatory if intended to offend. Used by modern-day Native Hawaiians to refer to anyone of European descent whether native born or not. Use has spread to many other islands of the Pacific and is known in modern pop culture.
; Hunky / Bohunk : (US) A Central European laborer. It originated in the coal regions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where Poles and other immigrants from Central Europe (Hungarians Magyar">Magyarization.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Magyarization">Magyar Rusyns">Magyarization">Magyar<_a>.html" ;"title="Magyarization.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Magyarization">Magyar">Magyarization.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Magyarization">Magyar Rusyns, Slovaks) came to perform hard manual labor on the mines.
; Mangiacake : (Canada) used by Italian Canadians for those of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, Anglo-Saxon or Northwestern European descent. ''Mangiacake'' literally translates to 'cake eater', and one suggestion is that this term originated from the perception of Italian immigrants that Canadian or North American white bread is sweet as cake in comparison to the rustic bread eaten by Italians.
; Medigan / Amedigan : (US) A term used by Italian Americans to refer to Americans of White Anglo Saxon Protestant descent, Americans of Northwestern European descent, Americans with no discernible ethnicity, or Americans of non-Italian descent in general. Comes from Southern Italian pronunciation of the Italian word ''americano''.
; Ofay : (US) a white person. Etymology is unknown.
; Arkie : (US) A person from the State of Arkansas, used during the great depression for farmers from Arkansas looking for work elsewhere.
; Okie : (US) A person from the State of Oklahoma, used during the great depression for farmers from Oklahoma looking for work elsewhere.
; Peckerwood : (US) a white person (southerner). This word was coined in the 19th century by Southern black people to refer to poor white people.
; Whitey : (US) a white person.

Hispanic

; Beaner : Term for Mexican, but can be used for Hispanics in general because of the idea that all Hispanics are the same.
; Brownie : Someone of Hispanic, Indian, and Arab, rarely used as someone of Native American or Pacific Islander descent.
; Cholo : term used by Chilean officers to refer to Peruvians during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883).
; Greaseball : (US) Can refer to a person of Italian or Hispanic descent. More generally, it can also refer to anyone of Mediterranean or Latin American descent.
; Greaser : (US) Can refer to a person of Italian or Hispanic descent. Can also refer to members of the 1950-1960s subculture which Italian Americans and Hispanic Americans were stereotyped to be a part of.
; Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty : A person of Hispanic descent. First recorded use in 1915. Theories include it originating from "no spik English" (originally "spiggoty", from "no speak-o t'e English"). Also used for someone who speaks the Spanish language. In the early 20th century, "spic", "spig", and "spigotty" were also similarly used against Italian immigrants in the United States and Italians in general, as well as Portuguese people.
; Sudaca : (Spain) a person from Latin America or "Sudamérica".
; Tacohead : a Mexican person. This phrase is uttered by Willem Dafoe's character (Charlie) in the film '' Born on the Fourth of July''.
; Tonk : An illegal migrant from Mexico.
; Veneco : Originally used by Colombians to refer to Colombians returned from Venezuela, now used in parts of South America to refer to Venezuelan Immigrants.
; Wetback : A Latin American person. Originally applied specifically to Mexican migrant workers who had crossed the Rio Grande border river illegally to find work in the United States, its meaning has since broadened.

Mediterranean

; Chocko : (Australia) a person of Mediterranean, Southern European, or Middle Eastern descent.
; Dago : (UK and Commonwealth) may refer to Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, and potentially Greek peoples. Possibly derived from the Spanish name ''Diego''.
: (US) refers specifically to Italians.
; Greaseball, Greaser : (US especially) ''Greaseball'' generally refers to 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 Mexican Americans. 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. ''Greaser'' also refer to members of a 1950-1960s subculture which Italian Americans and Hispanic Americans were stereotyped to be a part of.
; Kanake : (Germany) Used in 1960s Germany to refer to Southern European and Mediterranean immigrants, increasingly used exclusively for Turkish people.
; Métèque : (France) Mediterranean or Middle Eastern immigrant, especially Italians.
; Wog : (Australia) used for the first wave of Southern European immigrants to Australia and their descendants that contrasted with the dominant Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Celtic colonial stock. Used mostly for Mediterraneans and Southern Europeans, including the Spanish, Italians, Greeks, Macedonians, Lebanese, Arabs, Croatians and Serbians.

Native American

; Brownie : A brown-skinned person, or someone of Indigenous Australian, American, or Canadian descent, as well as of those of Hispanic or South Asian descent.
; Chug : (Canada) refers to an individual of aboriginal descent. From the native people Chugach.
; Eskimo, Eskimo Pie : an indigenous person from the Arctic. Once a common term in Canada, ''Eskimo'' has come to be considered offensive and '' Inuit'' (or ''Inuk'') is now preferred. '' Eskimo Pie'' has also been used against Inuk persons.
; Indian : People indigenous to the Americas, termed by Columbus due to the fact he thought he arrived in the East Indies. The term is considered offensive by few, but is still used within the Canadian legal system.
; Papoose : refers specifically to Native American children, although sometimes used to refer to children in general. From the Algonquian language family and generally inoffensive when used in such contexts.
; Prairie Nigger : refers to Native Americans in the Great Plains.
; Redskin : a Native American person.
; Squaw : (US and Canada) a female Native American. Derived from the lower East-Coast Algonquian language Massachusett term ''ussqua'', which originally meant 'young woman', but which took on strong negative connotations in the late 20th century.
; Timber Nigger : (US) used by white Americans in reference to a Native American person.
; Wagon burner : a Native American person, in reference to when Native American tribes would attack wagon trains during the wars in the eastern American frontier.
; Yanacona : a term used by modern Mapuche as an insult for Mapuche considered to be subservient to non-indigenous Chileans, 'sellout'. Use of the word '' yanacona'' to describe people have led legal action in Chile.

Oceanian

Aboriginal Australian

; Abo / Abbo : (Australia) an Aboriginal Australian. Originally, this was simply an informal term for '' Aborigine'', and was in fact used by Aboriginal people themselves until it started to be considered offensive in the 1950s. In remoter areas, Aboriginal people still often refer to themselves (quite neutrally) as ''Blackfellas'' (and white people as ''Whitefellas''). 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.
; Boong / bong / bung : (Australia) an Aboriginal Australian. ''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'' comes the phrase ''to go bung'', "to die, then to break down, go bankrupt, cease to function b. ''bong'' dead" The term was first used in 1847 by J. D. Lang in ''Cooksland''. The (Oxford) ''Australian National Dictionary'' gives its origin in the Wemba word for 'man' or 'human being'.
; Coon : an Aboriginal person.
; Gin : an Aboriginal woman.
; Lubra : an Aboriginal woman. An Aboriginal word.

Pacific Islander

; Boonga / boong / bunga / boonie : (New Zealand) a Pacific Islander; an alteration of ''boong''.
; Brownie : Someone of Hispanic, Indian, and Arab, rarely used as someone of Native American or Pacific Islander descent.
; Hori : (New Zealand), a Māori; from the formerly common Māorified version of the English name ''George''.
; Kanaka : originally referred to indentured laborers from the Pacific Islands, especially Melanesians and Polynesians.

Individual nationalities and/or ethnicities

African ethnicities

South Africans

; Japies, Yarpies : mildly derogative term for white South Africans, especially those of Afrikaner descent. From the Afrikaans term ''plaasjapie'', meaning 'farm boy', and from the common Afrikaans first name Japie, a diminutive of Jacobus.

Asian ethnicities

Arabs

; Lebo, Lebbo : (mostly Australia) someone of Lebanese descent, usually a Lebanese Australian.
; Turco : an Arab. Used in Chile after the Ottoman nationality that early Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian immigrants had on their passports
; Wog : (Australia) used for the first wave of Southern European immigrants in Australia and their descendants, contrasting with the dominant Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Celtic colonial stock. Originally used mostly for Mediterraneans and Southern Europeans, including the Spanish, Italians, Greeks, and Macedonians, expanded to include Mediterranean people of the Middle East or Levantine, including the Lebanese.

Chinese

Filipinos

Japanese

Jews

; Kapo : generally used of one Jew by another.
; Kike, kyke : (mostly US) used for Ashkenazi Jews. Possibly from Yiddish ''kikel'', 'circle', as immigrant Jews who could not read English often signed legal documents with an "O" (similar to an "X", to which Jews objected because such also symbolizes a cross).
; Shylock : Jews, based upon the Shakespeare character of the same name. Relates to money lending and greed.
; Yid, zhyd :term for Jews, derived from its use as an endonym among Yiddish-speaking Jews. In English, ''yid'' can be used both as a neutral or derogatory term, whereas the Russian ''zhyd'' came to be a pejorative term banned by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s. Berkhoff, Karel C. 2008
''Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine Under Nazi Rule''
Belknap Press. . p. 60. However, in most other Slavic languages (e.g. Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian), the term simply translates to 'Jew' (e.g. Polish: ''żyd'') and is thus not a pejorative.

Koreans

European ethnicities

Britons

; Limey : A predominantly North American slang nickname for Britons, especially those from England. The term originates from the usage of limes by the British Navy to prevent scurvy.
; Pom, Pommy : In Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, the term usually denotes an English person.
; Pirata : Argentine term for British people, meaning 'pirate' in English. Used before and during the Falklands conflict.

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; Jock : (UK) used in Southern England, occasionally used as an insult. The term became an offensive word during the war of succession with England when all Scots were referred to as ''Jocks''.
; Porridge wog : Used to refer to Scots.
; Scotch : an old-fashioned adjective to refer to the Scottish.
; Teuchter : a Lowland Scots word originally used to describe a Scottish Highlander, essentially describing someone perceived as being uncouth and rural.

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; Sheep shagger : (UK) a Welsh person, implying that the individual engages in intercourse with sheep.
; Taffy : a Welsh person, arose during the industrial revolution, when many Welsh families settled in mining towns outside of Wales, or even English miners settled in Wales for work, thus; expressed a distrust for people who spoke a different language to the English.

Germans

; Boches : Apheresis of the word ''alboche'', which in turn is a blend of ''allemand'' (French for ''German'') and '' caboche'' (slang for 'head'). Used mainly during the First and Second World Wars, and directed especially at German soldiers.
; Chleuh : a term with racial connotations, derived from the name of the Chleuh, a North African ethnicity. It also denotes the absence of words beginning in ''Schl-'' in French. It was used mainly in World War II, but is also used now in a less offensive way.
; Hermans, Herms : Based on the common German name Hermann, pronounced to rhyme with "German".
; The Hun, Huns: Initially seen on Allied war propaganda during World War I. An allusion to the legendary savagery of Attila the Hun, referenced by Kaiser Wilhelm II in a speech given in 1900, exhorting his troops to be similarly brutal and relentless in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in China.
; Jerry, Gerry : Rhyming slang (i.e., Jerry the German), primarily used in the First and Second World Wars by the British and other English-speaking. nations. Based on the common given nickname Jerry, short for Jeremiah, Gerald, and other similar-sounding names.
; Kraut : a German, used in Anglophone nations since World War II. The term is probably based on '' sauerkraut'', which is popular in various South-German cuisines but traditionally not prepared in North Germany.
; Marmeladinger : From Southern German/Austrian ''marmelade'', ' jam'. The origins can be traced to the trenches of World War I: while Austrian infantry rations included butter and lard as spread, German troops had to make do with cheaper marmelade as ersatz, which they disdainfully called ''Heldenbutter'' ('Hero's butter') or ''Hindenburgfett''.
; Mof : Germans, reflecting Dutch resentment of the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War. It is the second most common term in Dutch for the German people, after the regular/official term ('' Duitse'').Waarom wordt een Duitser Mof genoemd ???
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; Nazi : Used against any German or German-American without regard to their politics or family history, even towards those who suffered under the Nazi regime.
; Piefke : a German, used by Austrians, derived from the name of Prussian military composer and band-leader Johann Gottfried Piefke. Like its Bavarian counterpart ''Saupreiß'' ('sow-Prussian'), the term ''Piefke'' historically characterized the people of Prussia only.

Finns

; China Swede : (US) a person of Finnish descent.
; Chukhna : (Russia) a person of Finnish descent.

French

; Franchute : (Chile) used in Chile to refer to French people.
; Gabacho: (Chile) a French person. According to Oreste Plath this name may derive from the one or various placenames in the Pyreneean foothills.

Irish

; Bog-trotter or Bog Irish : Irish, derived from the widespread occurrence of peat bogs in central Ireland and the attendant Irish practice of peat cutting for fuel.
; Mick : (US and UK) an Irishman. Like Mickey, Mike, and Mikey, Mick is a common abbreviation or nickname for Michael (in English) or Mícheál (its equivalent in Irish), which are common names for Irish males (such as Mick McCarthy).
; Paddy : an Irish man, derived from a nickname for Pádraig, a common Irish name for males after St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The term is not always intended to be derogatory—for instance, it was used by Taoiseach-in-waiting Enda Kenny in February 2011.
; Prod : abbreviation for ''Protestant'', especially Northern Ireland Protestants, often used alongside '' Taig'' (Irish Catholics) in expressions such as ''both Taigs and Prods''. Like other such abbreviations everywhere, it is often used for convenience, as a friendly nickname, or as self-description, usually without any offense being intended, and usually without any offense being taken.
; Taig : a term referring to Catholics in Northern Ireland, often having implications of Republican sympathy. It is derived from the Irish Gaelic forename '' Tadhg'', and is often used alongside ''Prod'' (Irish Protestants), in expressions such as ''both Taigs and Prods''.
; Snout : used in Northern Ireland to refer to Protestants of British descent living in Northern Ireland.

Italians

; Bachicha : (Chile) an Italian.
; Continentale : (Italy) a neutral term used by people from Sardinia and Sicily to indicate someone's origin from the Italian peninsula; in Sardinia, the word has taken on the general meaning of "non-Sardinian."
; Dago : (US) a person of Italian descent. Possibly originally from the common Spanish first name Diego.
; Eyetie : (US) a person of Italian descent, derived from the mispronunciation of ''Italian'' as ''eye-talian''.
; Gino / Gina : (Canada) A person of Italian descent who exhibits certain exaggerated "ethnic" characteristics such as excessive jewellery, big hair, and open shirts (for males).
; Ginzo : (US) An Italian American.
; Goombah : (US) an Italian male, especially an Italian thug or mafioso. From the Neapolitan and Sicilian ''cumpà'' and ''cumpari'' ('buddy').
; Greaseball, Greaser : (US) a person of Italian or Hispanic descent. In particular, ''greaser'' also referred to members of the 1950s subculture that Italians were stereotyped to be a part of.
; Guido : (US) an Italian American male. Used mostly in the Northeastern United States as a stereotype for working-class urban Italian-Americans. Derives from the Italian given name Guido.
; Guinea : (US) someone of Italian descent, most likely derived from " Guinea Negro," implying that Italians are dark or swarthy-skinned like the natives of Guinea.
; Macaronar : (Romania) used for Italians in general, roughly meaning "macaroni eater/maker".
; Polentone : (Italy) used by southern Italians to refer to northern Italians. It stands for 'polenta eater'.
; Terrone : (Italy) Southern Italians, originated in northern Italy to refer to people from the South who moved there. (Uncertain etymology.)
; Wog : (Aus) the first wave of Southern European immigrants in Australia and their descendants, contrasting with the dominant Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Celtic colonial stock. Used mostly for Mediterraneans and Southern Europeans, including the Spanish, Italians, Greeks, Macedonians, Lebanese, Arabs, Croatians and Serbians.
; Wop : (US) an ethnic term for anyone of Italian descent, derived from the Neapolitan word '' guappo'', close to 'dude, swaggerer' and other informal appellations. Some etymologies popularly, but inaccurately, provided that it stands for " With Out Passport/Papers or " Working On Pavement," supposedly derived from Italians that arrived to North America as immigrants without papers and worked in construction and blue collar work. These acronyms are dismissed as folk etymology or backronyms by etymologists.

= Sardinians

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; Sardegnolo, sardignòlo, sardignuolo, sardagnòlo : (Italy) often used to refer to the Sardinians by people from mainland Italy and Sicily; depending on the latter's local dialect, the term might also present itself in the form of ''sardignòlo'', ''sardignuolo'', or ''sardagnòlo''.Battaglia, Salvatore (1961). Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, UTET, Torino, V. XVII, p.577 In Italy, Sardinia used to be considered a place of exile and ''sardigna'', by extension, a metonymy for 'place where to dump dead or infected animals'. Being also employed in reference to animals indigenous to the island, and especially to the donkeys to which the Sardinians were often associated in mockery by the Piedmontese rulers, the term might be used in a derogatory fashion to imply some likening to them.
; Sheep shagger : (Italy) used in a variety of Italian renditions by people from mainland Italy and Sicily, to refer to the Sardinians as a people whose men rather engage in bestiality than in sexual intercourse with a fellow human.

Macedonians

Ethnic slurs against Macedonians are often used in an attempt to deny their self-identification.Moussakas is and remains Greek, not North-Macedonian or FYROMian
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; Macedonist : (Bulgaria) Macedonians.
; Skopjan / Skopjian, Skopiana / Skopianika :(Greece) a term referencing the capital of North Macedonia.Laura Payton
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Polish

; Polack, Polak, Pollack, Pollock, Polock : (US, UK, and Canada) a person of Polish descent.
; Pshek : (Russia) a person of Polish descent.
; Mazurik : (Russia) a person of Polish descent. Literally meaning little Masovian.

Serbs

Spaniards

; Coño : (Chile) used in Chile to refer to Spaniards given the perception that Spaniards recurrently use of the vulgar interjection coño ("cunt").
; Godo : (Chile) Spaniard, in reference to their Goth ancestry

Russians

; Russki, Russkie : a term for " Russian" that is sometimes disparaging when used by foreigners. However, in the Russian language, it is a neutral term that simply means an ethnic Russian, as opposed to a citizen of the Russian Federation.
; Moskal : (Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland) muscovite, originally a designation for a resident of the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the 14th-18th centuries.
; Ryssä : (Finland) originally neutral, but today considered offensive.
; Iivana, Vanja : (Finland) from the Russian given name Ivan.
; Slobo : (Finland) probably from Russian слобода ('freedom'), one way or another.
; Tibla : (Estonian) may refer either to Ethnic Russians or the Homo Sovieticus.

Ukrainians

American inhabitants of European descent

; Buckra, Bakra: from sub-Saharan African languages, used in the U.S. and the West Indies.
; Bumpkin, Country Bumpkin, Hillbilly Bumpkin: poor rural European American people, mainly those who share a rural lifestyle.
; Cracker: European American people, particularly from the American South.
; Good ol' boy: Rural people, especially European American, powerful people and their networks.
; Hick: poor European American people.
; Hillbilly: Usually refers to rural people. It originated as a term for farmers living in The Appalachian Mountains.
; Honky, honkey, honkie: (US and New Zealand) a European person. Derived from an African American pronunciation of ''hunky'', the disparaging term for a Hungarian laborer. The first record of its use as an insulting term for a European-American person dates from the 1950s. In New Zealand, ''honky'' is used by Māori to refer to New Zealanders of European descent.
; Peckerwood, wood: rural people. In the 1940s, the abbreviated version ''wood'' entered California prison slang, originally meaning an Okie mainly from the San Joaquin Valley. This has caused the symbol of the woodpecker to be used by white power skinheads and other pro-European groups.
; Redneck: Usually an insult to rural-living people; most commonly, but not exclusively, used on European Americans that live in rural areas.
; Trailer trash: Mainly European American population stereotyped to live in trailer parks.
; White trash: Originally an insult for European American people.
; Whitey: A term for a European American (AKA a "white" person).

North and South American nationalities

Americans

; Merkin : Internet slang for inhabitant of the United States of America.
; Yankee, Yank : Uncontracted, ''Yankee'' remains in use in the American South in reference to Northerners; contracted, ''Yank'' is employed internationally by speakers of British English in a neutral reference to all Americans (first recorded 1778).Harper, Douglas. ''Online Etymology Dictionary'':
Yankee
". 2013. Accessed 13 Jul 2013. The term was first applied by the Dutch colonists of New Amsterdam to Connecticuters and other residents of New England, possibly from Dutch ''Janke'' ('Johnny') or from ''Jan Kees'' ('John Cheese').
; Seppo and Septic : From Cockney rhyming slang, using the unrhymed word of " septic tank" in reference to "Yank" above.

Argentines

; Curepí : A common term used by people from Paraguay for people from Argentina, it means "pig's skin".
; Cuyano: Chilean term for Argentines after the historical Cuyo Province.
; Argie : Mildly derogatory British term for Argentinian people, popularised in the British press during the Falklands conflict.

Cubans

; Cuban nigger : white Cubans, used by Anglo Americans in 1900s Tampa.
; Cubiche : Cubans, used by Spanish speakers.
; Gusano : Cuban exiles. The term was coined by Fidel Castro, who called Cubans leaving in the Freedom Flights ''gusanos'' ('worms') and insisted the Cuban exiles were capitalists who had profited during the pre-Castro era.
; Jews of the Caribbean: Cubans living in Puerto Rico. Called "Jews" in reference to the economic success of Cubans in Puerto Rico.
; Palestino: Eastern Cubans living in Havana, often with implication that they are black and/or an illegal migrant. The term "Palestino" means "Palestinian" in English. The term refers to the fact that Eastern Cubans are often refused entry into Havana, and those who illegally migrate are compared to Palestinian refugees.
; Tally wop : black Cubans, used by Anglo Americans in 1900s Tampa.

Crossed ethnicities

African-European

; Coon : (US) first used as by white people, the pejorative term is commonly used by African Americans or Black Americans today towards African/Black Americans who are perceived to pander/kowtow to white people; to be a 'sellout'; to hate themselves; or to "collud with racism for personal gain." Often used against black conservatives or Republicans. (Similar to '' Uncle Tom'' and ''coconut''.)
; Mulatto : (Americas, originally) a term used to refer to a person who is born from one white parent. The term is generally considered archaic by some and inadvertently derogatory, especially in the African American community. The term is widely used in Latin America and Caribbean usually without suggesting any insult. Historically in the American South, the term ''mulatto'' was applied also at times to persons with an admixture of Native Americans, and African Americans in general. In early American history, the term ''mulatto'' was also used to refer to persons of Native American and European ancestry.
; Uncle Tom / Uncle Ruckus : (US) a term, used by American (especially Black) minorities, for African, Latin, or Asian American who are perceived to pander to white people; " to hate themselves;Cooper, Wilbert L. 25 February 2013.
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" ''VICE''. or to be a 'sellout'. '' Uncle Tom'' derives from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's '' Uncle Tom's Cabin''. '' Uncle Ruckus'', used as an alternative to ''Uncle Tom'', is the name of a character from a TV series, '' The Boondocks'', in which the character satirizes the "Uncle Tom" stereotype. Both terms have been popularly used against black conservatives or Republicans. (Similar to ''coon'' and ''coconut''.)
; Oreo : Africans who practice white culture, referring to an oreo cookie: "black on the outside, white on the inside".
; Aunt Jemima / Aunt Jane / Aunt Mary / Aunt Sally / Aunt Thomasina : (US) a term, used by black people, for a black woman who "kisses up" to white people; a "sellout"; a female counterpart of Uncle Tom. (Similar to ''Coconut''.) The term is taken from the popular syrup of the same name, wherein the titular Aunt Jemima is represented as a black woman.
; Afro-Saxon : (North America) a young white male devotee of black pop culture.
; Ann, Miss Ann : a term used by black people to either denote a white woman or a black woman who acts too much like a white one. While ''Miss Ann'' (or just plain ''Ann)'' is a derisive reference to the white woman, by extension it is applied to any black woman who puts on airs and tries to act like Miss Ann.
; Wigger/Wigga, wegro : a slang term for a white person who allophilically emulates mannerisms, slangs ( ebonics), and fashions stereotypically associated with urban African Americans; especially in relation to hip hop culture.
; Rhineland Bastard : used in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany to refer to Afro-German children of mixed German and African parentage, who were fathered by Africans serving as French colonial troops occupying the Rhineland after World War I.

African-Native American

; Mulatto : (Americas, originally) a person who is born from one white parent. The term is generally considered archaic by some and inadvertently derogatory, especially in the African American community. The term is widely used in Latin America and Caribbean usually without suggesting any insult. Historically in the American South, the term mulatto was applied also at times to persons with an admixture of Native Americans, and African Americans in general. In early American history, the term mulatto was also used to refer to persons of Native American and European ancestry.
; Zambo : are racial terms used in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires and occasionally today to identify individuals in the Americas who are of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry (the analogous English term, considered a slur, is sambo).
; Lobos : In Mexico, black Native Americans are known as ''lobos'' (literally meaning wolves), they formed a sizeable minority in the past.

European-Asian/Latin American/Pacific Islander

; American-Born Confused Desi, or ABCD : (US) a term used for American-born South Asian, such as Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis, who are confused about their cultural identity. This is often used humorously without any derogatory meaning.
; Banana : (North America, UK, and Malaysia) an East Asian person living in a Western country (e.g. East Asian American) who is "yellow on the outside, white on the inside". Used primarily by East Asian people to indicate someone who has lost touch with the cultural identity of his or her parents.
; Coconut : (US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand) Named for coconuts, which are brown on the outside and white on the inside, the term is used globally for a person of color who adapts to, or is adopted by, European society. This term is used in the United States for a person of Hispanic or South Asian descent, in the United Kingdom for British Asian people, and in Australia and New Zealand for a Pacific Islander.

European-Native American

; Mulatto : (Americas, originally) a term used to refer to a person who is born from one white parent. The term is generally considered archaic by some and inadvertently derogatory, especially in the African American community. The term is widely used in Latin America and Caribbean usually without suggesting any insult. Historically in the American South, the term mulatto was applied also at times to persons with an admixture of Native Americans, and African Americans in general. In early American history, the term mulatto was also used to refer to persons of Native American and European ancestry.
; Apple : (North America) a Native American who is "red on the outside, white on the inside". First used in the 1970s, the term is primarily employed by other Native Americans to indicate someone who has lost touch with their cultural identity.

See also

* List of ethnic slurs
* List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names
* List of regional nicknames
* List of religious slurs
* Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
* Hate speech
* Pejorative

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Further reading

* Hughes, Geoffrey. 2006. ''An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, Profanity, Foul Language, And Ethnic Slurs in the English-speaking World''. M.E. Sharpe.
* Larousse, Pierre. 8661993. ''Grand dictionnaire''. Paris: Éditions Larousse.
* McKean, Erin, ed. 2005. ''The New Oxford American Dictionary'' (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
* Simpson, John A. ''Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series''. .
* Soanes, Catherine, and Angus Stevenson, ed. 2004. '' The Concise Oxford English Dictionary''. Oxford University Press.

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