List of ethnic slurs

The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given ethnicity (or, in some cases, nationality or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner. The term is listed, followed by its primary user(s) and a definition.

Not all terms on the list are considered equally offensive. Many of these terms are used more widely than would be imagined based on their "definition", for example, Chink can be used to refer to any Asian person. The key here is that the person using the slur cares so little about the target, that the person's actual background is irrelevant. The motivation for using an ethnic slur is often racism.

See also: Term of disparagement

• Ab-bo - Australia, Australian aboriginal
• A-rab - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent (from Arab)
• barbarian - Ancient Roman, a non-Roman European (especially the Germanic tribes)
• boat niggers - U.S., Cuban people
• bolillo - Mexico, white people (bolillo is a white bread roll).
• boong - Australia, Australian aboriginal
• boy - Southern U.S. whites, a black man
• beaner / bean-eater - Western U.S., someone of Mexican descent
• camel jockey - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• Canuck - U.S., a Canadian national
• caphead - Australia, a Jewish man
• Carlton - U.S., refers to Carlton Banks: a black sitcom character that "acted white".
• cave bitch - U.S., from an Ice Cube song about white women
• charlie - U.S., a Vietnamese person (shortened from radio code for the Vietcong (V.C.): "Victor Charlie")
• ching chong - Australia, someone of Chinese descent
• Chink - U.S./U.K., someone of Chinese descent
• chocolate drop - U.K., a black person
• chogee - Australia, someone of Asian descent
• chongo/chango - (also "mono") U.S. hispanics, a black person ("chongo/chango" is Spanish for "monkey")
• Christ-killer - used in some Christian cultures, a Jewish person
• clog - used in some cultures, a Dutch person (from their supposed wearing of clogs)
• Cochise - U.S., a Native American
• coon - U.S./U.K./Australia, a black person
• cockroach - U.S., a Mexican immigrant
• cracker - U.S., a white person from the Southern U.S.
• dago - U.S., someone of Italian descent (originally applied to Spanish, Portuguese or Italian sailors)
• darkie - various, someone with dark-colored skin (not used for Hispanics or Asians)
• Dot-head - U.S., someone of southeast Asian descent (from the Hindu practice of wearing bindis)
• double Dutch / Dutch courage - U.S./U.K., inferior attributes for Dutch people
• eggplant - North-eastern U.S., a black person
• esse - U.S., someone of Hispanic descent
• Eurotrash - U.S./U.K., a continental European national
• Eyetie / Eye-talian - U.S., someone of Italian descent
• fob - U.S., a recent Asian immigrant (from Fresh Off the Boat)
• flip - U.S., someone of Filipino descent
• frog - U.S./U.K., a French national
• gaijin - Japan, any non-Japanese person
• gavacho - Mexico, a white person
• ghost - China (Qing Dynasty), a foreigner, esp. a Japanese person (white people were "ghosts from the seas")
• goat roper - U.S. southwest, white people (mostly hicks and/or suburban cowboys)
• gook - U.S. since Vietnam War, a Vietnamese person
• goomba - various groups, An Italian person
• goy - Hebrew speakers, a non-Jewish person
• gringo - Latin America and Spain: U.S. national. For brazilians, any foreigner.
• guinea - U.S., someone of Italian descent
• habib - U.S., someone of Southeast Asian descent
• haole - native Hawaiians, a non-native white person
• heeb - U.S., a Jewish person (Short for Hebrew)
• hillbilly - U.S., a rural white person, esp. one from Appalachia
• honger - North America, a person from Hong Kong
• honky - U.S. blacks, a white person
• Hymie - U.S. blacks, a Jewish person, especially from New York City ("Hymietown")
• hun - Allies in WWI, a German soldier; also Irish nationalists, a British nationalist
• ice mutant - black supremacists, a white person
• Jap - U.S./U.K., someone of Japanese descent
• JAP - U.S., Jewish women (Jewish American Princess)
• Jerry - U.S., a German national
• jungle bunny - U.S. whites, a black person
• kaffir - South African whites, a black person
• kaffir - Arabic word used in the Islamic world, a non-believer, atheist, or pagan. Jews and Christians would not be considered a kaffir. The word does not count as a slur, it has the same negative connotations as a non believer
• kike - U.S., a Jewish person
• Kraut - U.S./U.K., a German national
• limey - U.S., a British national - British sailors ate limes to prevent scurvy
• long nose - China, a person of European descent
• mayate - U.S. hispanics, Spanish equivalent of nigger
• mick - U.S., a person of Irish descent (from the common surname form McXxxx)
• moon cricket - U.S., a black person
• mud person - U.S. white supremacists, a non-white person (usually seen in the plural form as mud people)
• Nazi - North America, Europe, etc, a German person
• Newfy - Canada, a person from Newfoundland
• nigger - U.S./U.K., a black person (also "niggra", southern U.S. pronunciation)
• night fighter - U.S., a black person
• nig-nog - U.K., a black person
• Nip - U.S., someone of Japanese descent (from Nippon, an Anglicization of the Japanese name for Japan)
• oreo - U.S., someone of black and white descent (or a black person who "acts white" - see Carlton)
• oven dodger - Australia, a Jewish person
• Papist - Protestants, a Roman Catholic person
• Paki - U.K., a Pakistani (or other South Asian)
• Polack - U.S., a person of Polish descent
• pom - Australia/New Zealand/South Africa, a British national
• porch monkey - U.S., a black person
• prairie nigger - U.S., a Native American
• raghead - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• raton - France, a North African Muslim
• redneck - U.S., a rural white person
• roast beef - France, a British person
• rock spider - English-speaking South Africans, an Afrikaner (although in Australia, rock spider means child molester)
• Round eye - Asia, a white person
• Round hair - U.S., a black person
• Russki - U.S., a Russian national
• sambo - U.K., a black person
• sand Nazi - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• sand nigger - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• sheister/shyster - U.S., a Jew
• shit-kicker - U.S., a white person from the southwest (ex: Oklahoma)
• Skunk - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• slant-eye - U.S., a person of Asian descent
• slapface - Australia, a person of Asian descent
• slope - a person of Asian descent
• spic - U.S., a person of Hispanic descent
• spook - U.S. whites, a black person
• spear-chucker - U.S. whites, a black person
• surrender monkeys - U.S., a French person
• swamp honky - U.S. southwest, similar to white trash - white residents around the Louisiana/Texas border (also "swamp trash")
• terrier - U.S., an Irish laborer
• Tonto - U.S., a Native American (refers to the sidekick on "The Lone Ranger")
• towelhead - U.S., someone of Middle-eastern descent
• trailer trash - U.S., a rural white person living in a trailer park; cf. white trash
• Uncle Tom - U.S. blacks, term for someone who kisses up to white people; a "sellout" (taken from Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin")
• wetback - U.S., an illegal Mexican immigrant
• White Devil - U.S., (originataed with Nation of Islam) a white person
• whitey - U.S., a white person
• white trash, also poor white trash - U.S., a rural white person
• wog - U.K., a dark-skinned national of a Colonial British colony; also Australia, a Southern-European person (or any foreigner)
• wop - U.S., an Italian immigrant (click here for etymology, although folk etymology gives the origin as: WithOut Passport)
• Yank/Yankee - Southern U.S., a person from the North-Eastern USA; also non-USA, an American national