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 |