English > ethnic slur: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A slur on someone's race or language. |
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| Broader | aspersion, slur | A disparaging remark |
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| Usage | Paddy, Mick, Mickey | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent |
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| chink, Chinaman | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent |
| coolie, cooly | (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer |
| greaser, wetback, taco | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent |
| kike, hymie, sheeny, yid | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew |
| pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child |
| spic, spik, spick | (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent |
| wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent |