| Gorilla Head | Whites | Popular White 80s hairstyle called a 'mullet' is similar to a gorilla: short on top and long in the back. Countless small-town White folk still sport them. |
| Goy/Goyim | Whites | Term used in Jewish religious books such as the Talmud when referring to white gentiles. |
| Grape-Stomper | Italians & French | They make wine. |
| Grease Ball/Bag | Greeks/Italians/Mexicans | Possibly because of the grease they sometimes put in their hair or because of the types of food they make. |
| Greezer | Greeks | Play on word. |
| Grey | Whites | A white that tries to act black (white & black mix = grey). See: Wigger. |
| Greyboy/girl | Whites | See: Grey. |
| Gringo/a | Whites | This is truly only derogatory in regions of northern Mexico and in the United States where it translates to "white foreigner." Gringo/a in many other countries in Latin America really only translates as "foreigner" without a pejorative connotation. Is generally used to refer to all foreigners/tourists of apparently northern European descent. Some say it comes from Spanish "griego" (meaning Greek) which used to be used to refer to anything foreign. Others say it comes from hearing Americans sing the popular song "Green Grow the Rushes" (unlikely though). |
| Groundskeeper Willie | Scottish | From the Scottish character in 'The Simpsons'. |
| Guerro | Whites | Used by Mexican-Americans. |
| Guido | Italians | Common male Italian name. |
| Guinea | Italians | Pronounced "gi-nee." The Guinea is Italian money. Probably originated from Italian immigrants in New York who when working on the original subway system and were paid in "guineas." |
| Gwailo/Gweilo | Whites | Cantonese term to refer to any Western person. Also means 'White ghost' Gwai=ghost, lo=man. |
| Gwat | Central Americans | Short for Guatamalan. |
| Habibi | Arabs | Translates in Arabic to "Beloved". Technically a term of affection but still sounds funny. |
| Hadji | Indians | Reference to a youthful East Indian side-kick character named Hadji from the '70s Saturday-morning cartoon, "Johnny Quest." |
| Hagwei/Hayquay | Blacks | Chinese origin showing dislike or hatred of Blacks or African Americans. Means 'black devil, or 'demon.' |
| Half Baked/Breed | Mixed Races | Usually a mix of black/white. |
| Halfrican | Mixed Races | Combination of 'half' and 'African' to represent a person that is half African. |
| Haole | Whites | Pronounced "haow-lee." Refers to any non-Polynesians. It means "without breath" in Hawaiian, it was used to describe the ghost like appearance of Capt. Cook and his men when they first came ashore. |
| Harbor-Bomber | Japanese | The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, which caused the US to enter World War II. |
| Harp | Irish | Perhaps derived from the fact that Harp Ale is brewed in Ireland or that the Harp is popular instrument amongst the Irish. |
| Hay Seed | Whites | Slang term for country-farmer-type whites (or all whites in general). |
| Hebe | Jews | Short for Hebrew. |
| Hebro | Jews | Black Jews. Combination of "Hebrew" and "bro" |
| Heinee | Germans | Possibly from the root name, "Hein," plus something, like "Heinrich" or "Heineken". |
| Herm | Germans | Herman the German - self-explanatory. |
| Hick | Whites | Country dweller, rustic farmer, unsophisticated tourist. The whites that live in the country. |
| High Yellow | Mixed Races | Light Skinned Blacks. Derivative of "Hello" and "Hey, yellow" referenced to African Americans of light complexion. |
| Hillbilly | Whites | Redneck, Hick and Hillbilly are all used as derogatory terms for whites. |
| Homey/Homie | Blacks | Synonymous with friend in the black community, used by other races to poke fun at that. |
| Honky/Honkie | Whites | Possibly comes from the term "Honky Tonk", which is a type of country music. Another interesting theory suggests it originated as "Hunky" (and "Bohunk") to refer to Slavic and Hungarian immigrants and eventually transformed into "Honkey" to refer to all White people. Might also come from the African Wolof word "Honq" meaning red or pink and used to describe white men. Yet another theory has it originating from white men honking their horns to call on the lounge singer/prostitute types in 1920's Harlem. |
| Honky/Honkie (2) | Asians | Asians hailing from Hong Kong. |
| Hooknose | Jews | In recognition of a common Hebrew facial characteristic. |
| Hoosers | Canadians | Pronounced "Hoser." On the Canadian TV show SCTV, "Bob and Doug Mckenzie" always called each other Hoosers. |
| Hoosier | Whites | Rednecks, trailer park trash |
| Horse-Gums | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
| Hot Dog Eater | Americans | Used by Canadians, referring to American tourists who eat a lot of hot dogs. |
| Hot Footer | Hispanics | Ones that can't swim across the border. See: Wet-Back. |
| Hucka-lucka | Arabs | Derived from the sound of them speaking (as heard by a dumb American). |
| Hun | Germans | A person who is wantonly destructive :VANDAL b usually disparaging : GERMAN; especially : a German soldier |
| Hymie | Jews | Jesse Jackson once referred to New York City as "Hymie-town" (which got him in a lot of trouble). |
| Ice Nigger | Canadians | Canadian Blacks. It's cold in Canada. Coined by comedian Scott Thompson from the Kids in the Hall. |
| Ikey-Mo | Jews | Abbreviation of "Isaac Moses". |
| Injun | Indians | Pioneer related term dates back to the 19th century during the Western Expansion. Probably comes from country people who could not pronounce the word correctly. |
| J.A.P. | Jews | Stands for "Jewish-American Princess", refers to Jewish children. They are known to usually be spoiled rotten. |
| Jabonee | Italians | What American-born Italians call immigrant Italians, as in "He/she is a real jabonee right off the boat. Can't even speak English." Possibly a real Italian word bastardized by English-speaking Italian-Americans. |
| Jackamammy | Blacks | Combination of 'jack rabbit' and 'Aunt Jamima.' People have said that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people. |
| Jandel | Polynesians | Because most Polynesians wear jandels. |
| Jap | Japanese | Short for Japanese. |
| Jar Jar | Blacks | In Star Wars Episode 1, the computer-generated character Jar Jar Binks was filled with stereotypical black behavior. The actor who did the voice was also Black. |
| Jaundy Boy | Asians | Comes from Jaundice (Hepatitis), which turns your skin yellow. |
| Jerry | Germans | Derivative of German? Used in many WWI movies. |
| Jesus Killer | Jews | Christians in the times of WWII when the Jews were most hated used this slur as a reason to hate Jews. |
| Jew | Jews | Short for Jewish. Not really a slur but could be if you say it the right way. |
| Jew Killer | Germans | Reference to the Holocaust. |
| Jew-Bag | Jews | Reference to being cheap. |
| Jewlet | Jews | Female Teenage Jews. Heard frequently in NY. |
| Jewxican | Mixed Races | Half Jew/Half Mexican. |
| Jigaboo | Blacks | Very dark-skinned Black people. Usually used among lighter-skinned African-Americans to refer to ones of very dark complexion. Used in the 1975 movie "Cooley High." |
| Jikky | British | ? |
| Joe | Americans | Were referred to as "G.I. Joe" in World War II. |
| Jr. Mint | Blacks | White on inside, black on outside. |
| Jungle Bunny | Blacks | Jungle is referred to their jungle origins and bunny is referred to some people saying that jack rabbits looked like 'lynched' black people. |
| Kaaskop | Dutch | Dutch for "cheese head". |
| Kabloonuk | Whites | Inuit (Eskimo) word for any non-Inuit. Literal translation means "person with bushy eyebrows." |
| Kaffir | Blacks | Afrikaaner word for blacks, very derogatory. Made popular by Lethal Weapon 2. |
| Kafir | Non-Arabs | Kafir is an Arabic word with meanings similar to Goy or Goyim of the Jews, only describing any non-Muslim person in a derogatory way. S. African Kaffir possibly imported during the Boer War by British soldiers who had fought in the Sudanese campaign. |
| Kala | Blacks | Indian word for the color black. Used by Indians as a slur for black people. |
| Katzenfresser | Italians | German slur meaning "cat eater". |
| Kike | Jews | Originates from the word 'keikl', in Yiddish, which means 'circle', the reason being that the first Jewish immigrants in America, who were unable to sign their names, signed with a circle instead of a cross. |
| Kingfish | Blacks | From Amos & Andy. Usually in reference to a poor, older black man. |
| Kiwi | New Zealanders | The native bird is the Kiwi. Not necessarily a slur to New Zealanders. |
| Knuckle-Dragger | Blacks | Often believed that black people have longer arms than other races and therefore their knuckles would drag. |
| Kokujin | Blacks | Japanese term for Blacks or anyone of African descent. |
| Kraut | Germans | Short for sauerkraut, a popular German food. |
| Kukolokod | Alaskans | ? |
| Kung-fu | Chinese | Chinese delivery person, mainly 'Is that Kung-Fu with my Lo Mein?" |
| Kunta/Kunta Kinte | Blacks | From Kunta Kinte in the book/movie "Roots." |
| Kurombo | Blacks | Used in Japan; considered very derogatory. Comes from "kuro" (=black color) and "bo" (casual suffix meaning young man). |
| Latrino | Hispanics | Combination of "Latino" and "Latrine." |
| Leb/Lebbo | Lebanese | Pretty Self-explanatory. Used a lot in Australia where there was a large arrival of Lebanese immigrants in the mid 80's. |
| Lefty | Arabs | Thieves in the Arab countries get their hand chopped off. |
| Lemonhead | Asians | Skin color. |
| Leprechaun | Irish | From the well-known old Irish myth of the chubby green-clad gnome (what happens when you mix Catholicism with Paganism). Popularized in America by Lucky from the Lucky Charms cereal and St. Patrick's Day. |
| Limey | British | The British sailors ate a lot of limes to prevent scurvy (18th and 19th centuries). Limey implies lime-eaters. |
| Lincoln's Mistake | Black | He let them free. |
| Lucius | Blacks | Commonly used on poor black people. During the period prior to the Civil War, many blacks were named after famous Romans (e.g. Lucius, Marcus, Scipio, etc.) |
| Macaroni | Italians | Dietary related. |
| Mandinka | Blacks | Reference to the motion picture "Roots": A Mandinka warrior was a 'Big Black Buck'. |
| Maple Leaf Nigger | Canadians | Their flag has a maple leaf on it. |
| Massa | Whites | Black Southern speech. The Negro slaves addressed their Masters in this way. |
| Meat Pie | Asians | "Yellow on the outside, black on the inside." |
| Melanzana | Blacks | Italian for "eggplant" - very dark black people have a purplish tint to their skin, so does eggplant. |
| Mellanoid | Blacks | Dictionary: one having dark pigmentation. |
| Mestizo | Hispanics | Specifically, Spanish/Indian mixed breed. Not polite, but not taboo either. Possibly originating from 'maize' implying "corn eaters"? |
| Mexijew | Mixed Races | Half Jew, half Mexican. |
| Mic/Mick | Irish | Many Irish surnames begin with "Mc" or "Mac." Irish are also named after the famed Michael Collins, making Michael (Mick) a very common name. Not as derogatory as Paddy. |
| Michelli | Whites | Commonly used to refer to Whites living in southern United States. |
| Midnight | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
| Mockey | Jews | Andrew Dice Clay among others have used it. |
| Mof/Moffen | Germans | Used by the Dutch in the 2nd World War. |
| Mojo | Hispanics | Normally used among Hispanics towards other Hispanics. "Mojo" derives from "mojado" meaning "wet" i.e. wet-backs. Mojados are Mexican citizens while pochos are Mexican-Americans. |
| Moke | Hawaiians | Refers to how locals in Hawaii are big/fat/dumb. Used by locals similar to how blacks use "nigger." |
| Monkey | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
| Monkeyboy | Blacks | People once believed, because of their high cranium, blacks were close cousins to primates. |
| Mook | ? | ? Means "an ineffectual, foolish, or contemptible person." |
| Mooliachi | Blacks | Female version of Mooley. Used in The Godfather. |
| Moolie | Blacks | Shortened from Melanzane, meaning "eggplant" in Italian. Eggplants have black skin. |
| Moon Cricket | Blacks | Possibly derived from the "MC" often used after many black nicknames. |
| Moon Cricket (2) | Whites | The slur is also used by some Native Americans against whites: "moon" as in pale, and "cricket" as in whites have big eyes and gangly legs. Whites also make annoying sounds like crickets. |
| Moor | Blacks | For the black Muslims that invaded Europe during the Middle Ages. Also used as derogatory against those of ancestry where the Moors settled (Spain, Sicily) - they are "part Moor". |
| Moosefucker | Canadians | Tom Green, a Canadian, mocked sexual contact with a moose on his television show. |
| Mouse | Whites | Used by Blacks to refer to nervous ("shook") white people walking through the ghetto. |
| Mud People | Blacks | Sentiment that only W.A.S.P.S. are born with souls, everyone else God made from mud. Also suggests life without meaning, value or worth. Used by the church that was attended by Mr. Smith - the hate killer that shot up a bunch of Jews and Blacks in the summer of '99. |
| Mud Shark | Whites | White girls who date black men. |
| Mullatoe | Mixed Races | The Spanish "Mullato" translates to "like a mule." Usually denotes a Black/White mixed child, but could refer to any mixed breed. |
| Mung | Vietnamese | Vietnamese people that were relocated to America by the US government during and after the Vietnam War. It's actually the correct pronunciation of the word "Hmong", mountain-dwelling people inhabiting southeastern China and the northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. |
| Mutt | Mixed Races | The regular use of 'mutt' refers to dogs of mixed breed. |
| Nacho | Mexicans | Based on the popular snack. |
| Nammer | Vietnamese | ? |
| Nappy Head | Blacks | Refers to hair type. |
| Narrow Back | Irish | Heard used on jobsites around NYC amongst the many Irish immigrant workers and every time one Irish immigrant calls another this slur it has always ended in a bloody fistfight. |
| Nazi | Germans | Self-explanatory. |
| Neechee | Native Americans | Love of Lychee fruit. |
| Nethead | Mexicans | Chicano slur used in L.A. From Mexican boys wearing thin nets to cover their hair. |
| Newfie | Canadians | Newfoundlanders. Some of the people from Newfoundland are considered to be less intelligent. |
| Ni-ni | Blacks | Used instead of "nigger" in potentially sensitive company, to avoid being overheard, or to appear politically correct. |
| Nickel Nose | Jews | Money and Facial characteristic. |
| Nig-nog | Blacks | Used in England. Probably from the Dutch "niknok" (=nigger) by way of South Africa. |
| Nigger | Blacks | Most likely originates with the Latin word "niger" which translates to "black". Similar words for "black" exist in other languages (Spanish, for example, is "negro"). Also somewhat relates to the African country Nigeria, which is primarily black. Many variations exist, including "Nig", "Nigel", "Niggy", "Niggly", etc. |
| Niggerette | Blacks | Black women. Adapted from: Nigger, See: Nigger. |
| Niggeroid | Blacks | Usually light skinned mixed breed black and any other race. |
| Nigglet | Blacks | Black children. Adapted from: Nigger, See: Nigger. |
| Niknok | Blacks | Dutch version of Nigger. |
| Nikon | Asians | Popular brand of camera. Asian tourists are known to take a lot of photographs. |
| Ninja | Blacks | Ninjas wear black clothing. |
| Ninky | Mixed Races | Black/White mix. See Carlton or Zebra. It can be both. |
| Nip | Japanese | Short for Nippon meaning "Japan". |
| Nuprin | Asians | "Little, yellow, different." |
| Nurple | Blacks | African Blacks, specifically. "So black they appear purple." |
| Ocnod | Arabs | A bastardization of Achnad, a common Arab name. |
| Ofay | Whites | Pig Latin for "foe" - opposite of "friend." Used to be popular with political types who were down with their "African Roots." |
| Orange Picker | Mexicans | From all the Mexicans that work in the agriculture industry in California. |
| Oreo | Blacks | A black person who acts white. Black on the outside, white on the inside.. or a person who is of both black and white descent. Thus, they are both black and white e.g. an Oreo. |
| Orlando | Blacks | Used by other black people to refer to the 'old-school' blacks who do not keep current with the 'gansta' styles of music or clothing. |
| Oven Dwellers | Jews | World War II reference. |
| Paki | Pakistanis | Short for Pakistani. |
| Paleface | Whites | Skin pigmentation. |
| Pancake | Asians | Facial characteristics. |
| Panhead | Asians | Facial characteristics. |
| Patel | Indians | Means "Innkeeper" or "Motel Owner". Pal is a name of rich, land owning Indians. It means land owner. It's a slur because only the rich Indians would come to western countries years ago, a flood of patels. |
| Patty/Paddy | Irish | Derogatory slur word for Irish people. Used mainly in Britain. Similar negativity connotations as "nigger". Comes from St. Patrick. |
| Peckerwood | Whites | Originated in the South (pre-Civil War by the slaves). Comes from red-necked woodpecker. See: Redneck |
| Penny Chaser | Jews | The old "Jews are cheap" thing. |
| Pepperbelly | Mexicains | They eat a lot of peppers |
| Pickaninny | Blacks | From the days of slavery. Two possible origins: The slave owners would "pick a nincompoop" from the lineup of slaves; or the slave children who couldn't pick cotton "ain't pickaninny." |
| Pinewood | Whites | Pine being a whiter colored wood than most. |
| Pinko | Russians | Originally referred to Communist sympathizers - later as a general slur against all Leftists, including Communist Party members. Now pretty much synonymous with Russians/Communists. |
| Pinky Poops | Mixed Races | Vietnamese/Black Mix. For when Black soldiers had kids with Vietnamese women. |
| Pinto | Mixed Races | Refers to mixed race white and Native American. Pinto horses are white and brown. |
| Pizza | Jews | Both go in the oven. |
| Pogeys | Immigrants | Refers to unemployment insurance, or any government check, which immigrants usually get. |
| Pohm | British | "Prisoner Of Her Majesty". Used mainly in Australia as a derogatory term for British People. Comes from the fact that Australia was a prisoner colony for British Prisoners. |
| Point-Six (.6) | Blacks | Reference to the 3/5ths Compromise, where the US Gov't decided that slaves (Blacks) only counted as 3/5ths of a person for population reasons. (3/5=.6) |
| Polarican | Mixed Races | Polish + Puero Rican. |
| Polock | Polish | Polish pronunciation of "Polish." |
| Pom | British | Used by Australians. It's the acronym of "Port of Melbourne", the port where British immigrants landed in the colonization of Australia. |
| Poo | Blacks | Poo-Poo (Feces are black or brown in color.) |
| Porch-Monkey | Blacks | Presumably referring to when blacks would sit on their porches to cool themselves off, not being as fortunate as whites, who had fans. |
| Pork-chop | Portuguese | Sounds similar. |
| Portagee | Portuguese | Common term for those of Portuguese origin of someone who talks a lot. |
| Powder | Whites | Skin color. Might be from the albino guy in the movie Powder. |