Offensive terms per nationality

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There are numerous offensive terms given to people, depending on their nationality. Many of these have a pejorative association, some are considered as racist. See also List of ethnic slurs.

Contents 1 Argentinians 2 Arabs 3 Australians 4 Austrians 5 Azeris 6 Belarusians 7 Bolivians 8 Bosnians 9 Brazilians 10 Britons 11 Canadians 12 Central Asia and Caucasus peoples 13 Chileans 14 Chinese 15 Croatians 16 Czechs 17 Dutch 18 English 19 Falklanders 20 Finns 21 French 22 Germans 23 former East Germans 24 former West Germans 25 Hungarians 26 Indians 27 Irish 28 Italians 29 Japanese 30 Jews 31 Koreans 32 Lithuanians 33 Mari 34 Mexicans 35 New Zealanders 36 Norwegians 37 Pakistanis 38 Paraguayans 39 Peruvians 40 Poles 41 Portuguese 42 Romanians 43 Russians 44 Serbs 45 Scots 46 South Africans 47 Spaniards 48 Swedes 49 Tatars 50 Turks 51 Ukrainians 52 Citizens of the United States 53 Uruguayan 54 Vietnamese 55 Welshmen 56 See also

Argentinians

• Argies a burlesque term used by the British soldiers in the Falklands War(1982), and after, adopted like so by the English people.
• Ches: used by Mexicans, referring to the word che, meaning something like "hey", widely used in Argentina.
• Gaucho a burlesque term used in all Latin America and Spain.
• Gringos used in Brazil, meaning foreigner (this word is normally addressed to North-Americans)

Arabs

• Ali is sometimes used in Germany for people that are from Middle East and Islamic/Arabic countries in general, referring to the name from the tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights and the supposedly common usage of this name among those peoples.
• A-rab
• Bint from the Arabic word for "girl" or "daughter," a derogatory term for an Arab woman, sometimes used in the UK as a derogatory term for women of any nationality.
• Camel humper (implies Zoophilia)
• Camel rider or Camel jockey, in German Kameltreiber, referring to vernacular modes of transport.
• Carpet Kisser reference to the fact most Arabs are Muslim and adopt a prostrative posture when praying usually over carpets.
• Haarwachs - ' Hair Wax' is sometimes used in Germany for turks (especially for young turkish men) and arabs.
• Hadji or Haji is a recent term used heavily by soldiers and Marines during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Its usage is generally discouraged by officers because it is understood as an offensive term by the Iraqi citizenry. Sometimes Abdul and Ahmet are substituted.
• Haji – said to be derived from Muslims who take the haaj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, but more likely derived from the name of Johnny Quest's sidekick.
• Jawas refers to Arab people as the android stealing, nomadic characters from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
• Muj for Mujhadeen is used, but primarily in Afghanistan. It is not considered to be as offensive.
• Mo or Moe, short for Mohammad. A name mocking the fact that that many Arab men are named after the prophet, because of their presumed religion, Islam.
• Sand-nigger, an adaptation of an offensive term for American blacks and a reference to the fact many Arabs live in the deserts of the Middle East. Related terms include:
  • Sandmonkey
  • Sandnazi: refers to Arab anti-Semitism
  • Sandwalker
  • Dune Coon
  • Dune Nigger
• Terrorist a term relating to the stereotype that most Arabs are "terrorists."
• (Tea)Towelhead, Raghead or Diaperhead, referring to the head coverings worn by some Arab men.
• Turco, literally Turk, used in Brazil. Early Arab immigrants entered Brazil with a Turk passport, during the time of the Ottoman Empire.
• Wog from Golliwog, Primarily British use for inhabitants of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Subcontinent.
• Camel-Jockey, see Camel Humper
• Oggnod Midwestern slang term

Australians

• 51st Staters A term sometimes used to highlight Australia's intimate cultural and foreign policy ties with America. This is used for a number of other countries.
• ABC, pejorative playground slang (Aboriginal Bum Cleaner)
• Aussie A slang, non-pejorative word used to describe Australians. This is not considered offensive by Australians.
• British
• Brit slaves Although this is a rarely used term, it is considered extremely derogatory to Australians. This term refers to the belief that Australia is too interconnected with Britain.
• Convict Implies that all Australians are descended from the penal colonies early in Australia's western colonisation.
• Deputy Sheriff A term used to summarize a 1999 interview of John Howard, depicting Australia's role in Asia as the US's "deputy sheriff". (In fact, Howard himself never used the term, which appeared as the subhead to the article in The Bulletin, but the term has generally been taken as a reasonable summary of his position. The urban legend that he said the phrase himself persists.)[1]
• Foster A mild derogatory term used to ridicule the stereotype that Australians drink copious amounts of Foster's beer.
• Kangaroo A mild, pejorative term relating to the stereotype that Australia has many kangaroos.
• Outback a facetious term referring to the Australian Outback
• Prisoner
• Roo a variant of kangaroo. This can be perceived as a derogatory term.
• Roo shagger (England) - a variation on "sheep shagger"
• Shackle Dragger literally translating into deported British convicts, this is highly pejorative.
• Skippy referring to the former television show. The term is often used by ethnic Australians to refer to white (Anglo et cetera) Australians, sometimes in a pejorative sense.
• Wallaby Humpers implies zoophilia

Austrians

• Kamerad Schnürschuh,literally "Comrade Lace-up shoe", used by Germans during World War I referring to the shoes of the Austro-Hungarian military uniform.
• Ösis or Ötzis used in Bavaria. Both terms are supposedly joking, slightly teasing expressions. Ösis deriving from the German word for Austrians "Österreicher" and Ötzi referring to Ötzi the Iceman. There is also an Austrian musician called DJ Ötzi.
• Schluchtenscheißer (canyon-shitters) used in Germany.

Azeris

• Azer (азер) Russian, after the Azeri language word azәri, which literally means Azeri. A non-offensive Russian word for Azeri is Azerbaydzhanets (азербайджанец).
• See also Offensive terms for peoples of Central Asia and Caucasus.

Belarusians

• Bulbash (бульбаш), literally "the potato man", originates from the Belarusian word bulba (potato). The allusion is that Belarusian is a poor villager. It can also allude to the fact that people inhabiting these lands are known to have certain anthropological features, one of them being a "bulba" (potato) nose.

Bolivians

• Bolis, a burlesque term used in Peru.
• Bolitas, (marbles) used mainly in Argentina.
• Collas (Koyas) used derrogatively in Argentina and Uruguay, after the Native American people of that country.
• Indios, (Indians) an offensive term, used in Chile.

Bosnians

• Balija - used by Serbs and Croats, also used as a slang term among Bosnians similar to the way the n-word is used among African Americans in the United States.
• Čefur. Despective, used in Slovenia for persons of former Yugoslavia, especially for those who live in Slovenia but haven't fully integrated.
• Turk - used by Serbs and Croats.
• Poturice - meaning "convert", used by Serbs and Croats to note the conversion of Bosnians to Islam.
• Indijanac - meaning "peasant", "savage", and so on, used by other Bosnians to describe those from rural areas of the country.

Brazilians

• Brazucas, used in Argentina, Portugal and Uruguay
• Negros (5% of Brazilians are black and arround 30% have some black ancestry)
• Macaquitos (Little Monkeys) used in Argentina and Chile.

Britons

• Brit not always considered offensive, but sometimes meant that way in Ireland.
• Camones: from "come on"; used in the Algarve in Portugal for Western European tourists.
• Bifes: literally meaning "beef-steak",used in Portugal for Northern/Western European people, referring to their tendency to 'cook' in the southern sun due to their lighter skin.
• Dentally Challenged: politically correct term for "bad teeth"
• Gottons: deformation of "goddamn"; old-fashioned (19th Century).
• Inselaffe, Island monkey, is a term occasionally used in Germany.
• Kakis, in South Africa an Afrikaans play on words from the khaki uniforms worn by British soldiers in the Boer War, and kak meaning shit.
• Les rosbifs , "The roast beefs", is a mocking term used in France, as they say it is the only thing that British chefs can adequately cook. It is not necessarily regarded by British people as offensive (unless one is a chef).
• Les fuck-offs , is a term encountered in France, come from the common English expletive.
• Limey, a term used mainly in America, believed to have originated from British sailors' use of limes to control the disease scurvy. It is not necessarily regarded by British people as offensive.
• Piratas, in Argentina, after retaking of the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas) after Argentine Invasion, in the Spanish language terminology.
• Pom, whinging pom or pommy bastard, Used mainly in Australia & New Zealand and usually against the English. There are several possible etymologies; it is possibly a reference to the pomegranate-like features of a florid face. A popular myth has it as an acronym for Prisoner of (his/her) Majesty, in reference to practice of penal transportation. 'Pom' is neither regarded by British people, nor usually intended by Australian and New Zealanders, as offensive.
• Rooinek, in South Africa meaning 'red neck' in Afrikaans, from the sun burn the British got after arriving in the country.
• Tommy or Tommy Atkins is somewhat dated, and usually refers specifically to British soldiers, and even more specifically to those who served in World War One. It has been widely used for a century or more and may derive from Thomas Atkins, the name printed on specimen forms of the Soldier's Account Book from 1815 onwards. It is not necessarily regarded by British people as offensive, and it is sometimes used as self descriptive.
• Toothless: highly pejorative. Derives from the stereotype that British people have poor dental hygiene.
• White Paki: Applies to Caucasian English cornershop keepers who remain open over Christmas. They are called this because of the tendency of Pakistanis not to celebrate the Christmas festival.

See also Alternative words for British

Canadians

• 51st Staters — relating to the perception that Canadian culture is identical to that of the United States. (This term is sometimes, but less frequently, applied to Australians and British, because of the perceived slavishness to US interests and cultural similarities.)
• Canuck — slang word for a Canadian. The term is not always pejorative, in fact it is sometimes for affectionate or self-affirmative purposes. See Vancouver Canucks.
• Frog — derogatory name given to French Canadians.
• Tête Carré: "Squared head", derogatory name given by French Canadians to Ontarians and some english speaking canadians. "Square head" and "round head" jokes used to be semi-popular.
• Plook — derogatory name for Canadians used by Americans.

Central Asia and Caucasus peoples

• By Russian speakers:
  • Black-ass (Chyernozhopy (черножопый).) Considered significantly more rude than "chyorny", this term is probably the most offensive of all.
  • Black (Chyorny (чёрный)), (ironically Caucasian means white in English)
  • Chekh is a word that literally means "Czech national", but also used as military slang for Chechens, introduced recently during the Chechen wars.
  • Churka (чурка), meaning (a piece of) firewood (analogy from the phrase "dumb as firewood"). In Soviet army it was a common vulgarism for low-educated conscripts from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and the like. In Russian army (since 1991) it is used of low-educated conscripts from smaller, mostly Islamic, peoples of Russia.
  • Dukh (means "spirit in Russian) created as an abbreviation of "dushman", a term used for Afghan and Chechen mujaheddin by Russians. It is not actually an offensive term for a people, but rather a military slang.
  • Hachik, Hach (хач). "Hachik" is an Armenian name. The second version of the term is produced by "backward etymology": "-ik" is a diminutive suffix in Russian language.
  • Uryuk is a word used for Central Asians only and means dried apricot.
• Especially in Ukraine:
  • Banabak - for Caucasus peoples, especially Armenians

Chileans

• Araucanos used in Peru referring to the native inhabitants of Chile.
• Roto a burlesque term, used in Peru since the times of the Spanish conquest, when Diego de Almagro's disappointed troops returned to Cuzco (after a failed gold-seeking expedition in Chile) with their torn clothes, due to the extensive and laborious passage on foot by the Atacama desert. This term became more used after the Chilean invasions against the Peru-Bolivian Confederacy in 1839 and the War of the Pacific (1879-84). "Roto" means torn in Spanish.
• Pacos, a burlesque term to name policeman.
• Chilotes used in southern Argentina. A chilote is a native from the island of Chiloé, a small dab of land in the Pacific Ocean. Many chilean immigrants in the southernmost provinces of Argentina are poor and of native ancestry -which shows in their looks-, thus originating this derisive term among Argentinians, who are usually descendants of european immigrants.

Chinese

• Chinaman - Chinamen. Considered pejorative, despite its rather benign word root.
• chinetoque/ Jaune / in French
• Ching chong - Relating to the perceived sound of the spoken languages of China to the Western ear
• Chink
• Choag or Chogue - British armed forces slang - From the phrase "Chinese Oriental Gentleman"
• Cockle Picker - Refering to chinese imigrants working on Morecambe Bay.
• Fishhead
• Grjóni - Literally means "Ricey". Sometimes used in a pejorative way by Icelanders.
• kinkki - Finnish equivalent of chink
• kinuski - ("caramel") in Finnish
• Kitayoza (китаёза) - from the Russian name for China: Kitai (Китай), postfixed by vulgar "-yoza" (-ёза).
• Kosoglazye (косоглазые - "cross-eyed") in Russian, referring to the shape of the eye.
• Niaqouais in French, can refer to all asians
• Reisfresser - ("rice-eater") in German, very vulgar
• sárga ("yellow") and or ferdeszemű ("tilted eyed") in Hungarian
• Schlitzauge ("slit-eye") in German
• Shanghai woman, an English expression for a prostitute
• Slant
• Slippy Hair
• Slanteye or slit-eye - Referring to the shape of the eye.
• Slope
• Spleetoog("slit-eye") in Dutch
• Żółtek after word "żółty" meaning "yellow" (Polish)
• vinosilmä - ("slant-eye") in Finnish
• Zipperhead

Croatians

• Ustasha , stems from the term for the Croatian Nazis of WWII.
• Čefur. Despective, used in Slovenia for persons of former Yugoslavia, especially for those who live in Slovenia but haven't fully integrated.

Czechs

• Bohunk , American Slang, From Bohemia(n).
• Pepik or Pepiczek, Polish offensive referring to the diminutive forms of Czech name Jozef that sound bizarre in Polish.
• Knedlík "dumpling" - used by American Czechs for people who remained in the homeland

Dutch

• cloggy referring to clogs
• Club Seventeeners : refers to the fact that the Dutch allow teenagers to prostitute themselves and appear in pornography
• Gouda cheese variety
• Kaaskop or Käskop, meaning "cheese-head" in Low German (thus similar to Dutch), or "Käsekopf" in standard German; is common in Germany, referring both to the cheese produced in the Netherlands, as well as an insinuation that they are a foolish or unintelligent people.¨
• puukenkä ("wooden shoe") - in Finnish
• Slave Traders, the Dutch started the transatlantic slave trade

English

• Anglo, mainly used in Wales and Ireland.
• Angol, used in Poland and Hungary.
• Con Kikirik, pronounced "John Kikirik", used in Turkey
• Feb or Febby, mainly used in Wales (=Fucking English Bastard)
• Guiri, informal Spanish term, sometimes pejorative, sometimes facetious, for foreigners, especially for English-speaking ones, from the question "where is...?" asked by tourists. Influenced in the form by the preexisting Spanish word "guiri", with a completely unrelated meaning.
• Hun, used in Ireland, invaders from the east.
• Inselaffe, Insultive term which is well known, but not widely used among German youngsters. Literally translates as "island monkey" and of course refers to the geography of Britain.
• Limey, used primarily in the Americas. Supposedly comes from British sailor's tendency to suck on limes at sea to prevent scurvy. English people are not usually offended by this.
• Mexicans (Scotland), owing to the fact they come from south of the Border.
• Piratas In Argentina, since the taking of the Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas in the Spanish language terminology.
• Pom/Pommy, mainly used in Australia and New Zealand. Various derivations hypothesised.
• Redcoat, referring to the red uniforms that the English wore circa the American Revolution. The French also make humorous reference to the former military uniform, sometimes furtively referring to a woman's period by saying "Les Anglais sont débarqués (The English have landed).
• Rosbifs In France and Belgium.
• Sais, mainly Welsh, from the Welsh word meaning Saxon or Englishman.
• Sassenach, mainly Scottish Gaelic word meaning Saxon, also found in Irish.
• Sasquatch A rarely used term relating to the stereotype that English people are "dirty" and unshaven.
• Tommy, used in German-speaking countries. Used affectionately in England to refer to Tommy Atkins, the archetypal English soldier.
• Ang Mor, literally meaning "red hair" in Hokkien and Teochew

Falklanders

• Benny UK military (after character on Crossroads (soap opera))
• Kelper - sometimes used affectionately, refers to large stands of kelp by island
• Sheep shagger

Finns

There are quite a few offensive terms for the Finns, some of which have a pejorative association. The Russians used to frequently refer to Finns (and Estonians) as Chukhna (the actual name of these nations in Imperial Russia, now considered derogatory). The Estonians use poro (literally "reindeer") presumably to both play on geographical location, and the fact that Finns purportedly navigate the streets of Tallinn on all fours after having drunk themselves legless.

The Swedish refer to Finns as Finnjävel (literally "Finnish devil") Both the Swedes and Norwegians can use the name Pekka, signifying the fact that they feel the first name is typical for Finns. (However, some Norwegians erroneously use the name "Peeka"). Pekka is used as a derogatory nickname also by Estonians, usually referring to a drunken/bad-mannered Finnish day-tripping tourist.

French

• Francimand, Used by Occitans/Used in Occitania: strongly pejorative Occitan term to designate the French.
• Gavai/Gavatx, ("throat-speakers"), Used by Occitans & Catalans/Used in Occitania & Catalonia: Pejorative Occitan & Catalan term for French.
• francimandalha, ("French panoply"), Used by Occitans/Used in Occitania: pejorative term for all French speakers, also used to describe its overwhelming presence.
• Un Sant Loís, ("a Saint Louis", "a french-minded person"), Used by Occitans/Used in Occitania, (pej.): refers to the colonial French political heritage and the fallacy of the French goodness waving freedom, equality and democracy.
• Francilhòt, ("little French"), Used by Occitans/Used in Occitania, (pej.): refers to the genuine peculiar French character of a person.

• Terms hinted by frog legs in French cuisine
  • Broscar (frog people) in Romania
  • Frog A historic pejorative term for the French. The word is probably derived from "frog-eater" (German: Froschfresser), a term listed in the 1913 Webster Dictionary. The term is primarily used in the UK to refer to a French national, but is also used in other English-speaking countries. It has, in recent years, reached fairly common usage in the United States. In the United States towns with large French immigrant populations are sometimes called "frog town". In France, the term is often used for the inhabitants of Paris, possibly because the Parisian accent involved a lot of rolled Rs.
  • Froschfresser used in German speaking countries, referring to the fact that French are excessively fed with frog's legs. Literally translates to 'Frog guzzler'.
  • Frøæder (frog eater) in Denmark
  • Lyagushatnik - roughly means "Frogger" in Russian, a hint to frog eating by French; although the word has another meaning of a shallow pool for children.
  • Żabojad meaning "frog-eater" in Polish
• Cheese-eating Surrender Monkey.
• Csiga Hungarian for snail. Refers to the fact that the French are stereotyped as snail eaters (escargot).
• Franciu Used in Portugal, because of French accentuation of vowels.
• Franzmann Used in Germany. Not really insultive, but more or less harmless.
• Franzacke Used in Germany quite more often than the above.
• Fransoos Used in the Netherlands and the Dutch speaking parts of Belgium
• Frenchie A more neutral but possibly derogatory term for the French. As an example of a non-derogatory use, "Frenchy" is the name of a female friend in the musical Grease
• Franchute A pejorative term for the French used in Latin America since the times of the Empire of Maximillian of Austria
• Gabacho A pejorative term for the French in the Spanish language.
• Patonki ("baguette") - in Finnish
• Welsch Old-fashioned term used in German-speaking countries derived from the old Germanic word for "stranger"
• Rifle-Droppers Used to refer to the French during war
• Capitulators Used to refer to the French during war

Germans

• Adolf, as in Adolf Hitler.
• les Boches" ,Teutons or "les shleus", but the later is rare nowadays, are all used in France.
• Boxhead and square-head are also commonly used in England and other English-speaking countries.
• Crucco, used in Italy, derives from kruh (bread in Croatian), and was used at first referring to southern Slavs, then to Austro-Hungarians and finally to Germans (since the World War II).
• Fritz and Hans (stereotypical German names) were used as derogatory terms terms around World War II in many countries (particularly the East Bloc, such as Hungary, Poland, Russia, etc as well as Scandinavia).
• Gerry (or Jerry), could also be used pejoratively but is nowadays often used as a rather affectionate term.
  • Germs is a less commonly used abbreviation that also carries with it the implied insult of being "like germs".
• Herdenviech expresses the German nature to follow a "leader" along challenging paths in arduous times.
• Huns or The Hun - Thought to derive either from a speech given by Kaiser Wilhelm II during the Boxer Rebellion, exhorting his troops to fall upon their enemies "like the Huns of old", or an English reading of the wartime slogan Gott mit uns.
• Kartoffel ("potato"), nickname, used sometimes by the Russian immigrants in Germany.
• Kraut has to some extent succeeded Hun as an insulting term for Germans in the English language.
• Mof or "the Moffen" are both used in The Netherlands.
• Nazi is a very insulting term used in many countries (including Germany, where it refers to actual adherents of Nazism). The word is "náci" in Hungary.
• Nemchura ("немчура") is an old Russian slang term.
• Nemets ("немец"), in modern Russian means "German person"; the word is not offensive. However, it originated from a derogatory term for a European who could not speak Russian. It literally meant "dumb (mute) person" (in modern Russian, "mute" is translated as немой ("nemoy")).
• Piefke (pronounced "peefkuh") or the word Marmeladinger are used in Austria.
• Sakemanni In Finland, presumably after the Finnish name for Germany (Saksa), which is derived from the German region Sachsen (Saxony). This term was particularly popular immediately after the Winter War.
• Saupreuß ("Prussian Sow") is used in Bavaria for non-Bavarian Germans (this is nowadays perceived as a mild or even affectionate insult).
• Schwabe ("Swabian") is a mildly derogatory appellation sometimes heard in Switzerland. The variant Sauschwabe ("Swabian Sow") is decidedly more offensive.
• Szkop or Szwab, Hitlerowiec, Gestapowiec, Gebels, fryc, Faszysta and Helga (for women only), Helmuty (for mens only) are used in Poland.
• Skopčáci "Hillbillies", in Czech, Germans used to live in regions, that were higher above sea level in Bohemia and Moravia
• Verlierer modern, probably referring to Germans never winning a major war in the last century. Literally translates to 'Losers'.
• Vepřáci modern, "pigs" in Czech, expressing a different attitude to prostitution
• Züpfiklatscha, in Austrian, used to express the genital looking face of northern Germans. Austrian slang term, literally translate into "penis basher".

former East Germans

• Ossi literally meaning 'easty'.
• Sozialisten socialists, referring either to the former government of the GDR or the current voting habits of the former East Germans.
• Kommunisten communists, referring either to the former government of the GDR.

former West Germans

• Wessi literally meaning 'westy'.

Hungarians

• Bohunk, a term used in the USA for Hungarians and Czechs
• Bozgor, used by Romanians, derived from the verb "a boscorodi" (to mumble)
• Boanghen, used by Romanians
• Hunyock, a term used in the USA for Hungarians, and implying idiocy

Indians

• Bangla
• Curry
• Elephant Jockey
• Apu
• Injins
• Lascars
• Raghead
• Sanjeev

Irish

• Madiboozer a reference to heavy drinking members of the Madigan family.
• Bogtrotter, a reference to use of the peat cut from bogs as fuel, a traditional practice in Ireland. In Ireland used for rural folk.
• Drunken, used when saying "those drunken Irish" referring to their stereotypical drinking habits
• Fenian, a revolutionary, indicates tendency to violence.
• Ginger-pubes, a reference to the stereotype of Irish people having ginger hair colour.
• Leprechaun
• Mexican, used by some Northern Irish in reference to those from the Republic of Ireland, which is to the South. It does not rely on political sentiment - it's often used by Nationalists.
• Mick, from the common prefix Mc- on Irish surnames, the prevalence of the name Michael, and the stereotype of Irish people straight drinking from a mickey (also known as a 5th). It also could refer to Irish Catholics.
• Paddy, from the Gaelic spelling of Patrick (Padraig), a presumably popular name in Ireland (paddywagon for "police car" is derived from this slur). St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland
• Potato Eater
• Potato Picker
• Taig, perjorative term for Catholic Irish people.
• Teague or Brother Teague, as in the song Lilliburlero

Italians

• Bachicha a burlesque term used in Chile.
• burnt pizza A dark skinned Italian
• Cushin (pronounced "koozh-EEN") used in Brooklyn, NY, USA, from the Italian for "cousin". Similar to Guido.
• Dago, (pronounced "DAY-go") known as a pejorative term referring to Italians in the UK and the US. The same term is known in Australia, where in the 1950s folklore has it a chain of shops called "Sundown" used it with the slogan "Shop here before the day goes" ("Sundowner" is also an Australian term meaning "down and out".) Used more commonly in Australia when referring to people of Spanish / South American origin.
• Digó in Hungary, probably related to the dago above
• Eyetie in Britain; It emerged during World War 2 when the Italians joined forces with the Germans.
• Ginny probably related to "Ginzo".
• Ginzo (or Gino; feminine form Gina) used in Canada as a slur for those of Italian birth or descent
• Greaseball in U.S.; based on stereotype that Italian men wore too much hair tonic
• Guido used in the U.S.; commonly used, especially by Americanized Italians, to describe Italian men who act "fresh off the boat" and retain strong accents and cultural ties to Italy (the female version is called a Guidette)
• Itaker in Germany
• Tano A slang, non-pejorative word used to describe Italians in Argentina.
• Macaronar in Romania (macaroni eater)
• Makaroniarz in Polish.
• Macaronnik (макаронник) in Russia (macaroni eater)
• makarooni in Finnish
• Mobster, referring to the Italian Mafia, an organized crime group.
• mozzarella A fair skinned Italian
• Reißfresser or Katzlmacher in Austria
• Rital in France, or Macaroni (referring to Italian pastas).
• saapasmaalainen ("boot lander") - in Finnish
• spagetti in Finnish
• spaghetti-bender in English
• Spaghettifresser in Germany (spaghetti eater, with "fresser" being a more insulting word for "eater")
• Spaghettivreter in the Netherlands (spaghetti eater, with "vreter" being a more insulting word for "eater")
• Swamp Ginny Possibly referring to Sicilians.
• Tschingg in Switzerland (referring to the Italian word for 'five' and a popular game ubiquiously played by Italian guest workers in the fifties and sixties)
• Wogs used in Australia, along with Chockos (rhyming slang: Chocolate Frog = Wog) (Wog can also be used for Greeks, Turks and other mediterranean people)
• Wop, commonly used in the US. Stands for "With Out Papers".

Japanese

• Rapists - in reference to the Japanese culture of rape in past war crimes.
• Bukkakes - in reference to the act of Bukkake, an act where Japanese people mass ejaculate on another Japanese person.
• Japs/Jappers - used primarily in World War II due to the Japanese attack on the United States military bases in Pearl Harbor in 1941. This could be confused with the semi-pejorative acronym "JAP", short for Jewish-American princess (see Offensive terms for Jews)
• Japse - sometimes used in Germany in neutral form as nickname.
• Nips - used primarily in World War II, abbreviation for Nippon-koku, which is a Japanese word for "Japan".
• Reisfresser - ("rice-eater") in German, very vulgar.
• Slant eyes
• Tojo - used primarily in World War II, derived from Hideki Tojo, the Japanese prime minister at the beginning of the war.

Jews

• Benny (North America) a male Jew - perhaps based on the number of Jewish men named Benjamin, Benny & Ben and/or Jack Benny as an iconic figure of the stereotypical tight-fisted Jew
• Christ-killer (International)
• Clip-tip (U.S.) a Jew. Refers to the Jewish religious ritual of circumcision.
• Heeb, Heebie (North America) from the word Hebrew. Not to be confused with the non-pejorative word "heebie jeebies", which was invented as a nonsense word by cartoonist Billy De Beck in 1923
• Hook nose (International) a common feature of Jewish caricatures.
• Hymie (North America, esp among Blacks) from the supposedly typical Jewish first names "Hyman" or "Chaim", which comes from the Hebrew word for "life".
• Ikey-Mo (Australian) a Jew
• JAP (North America) abbreviation for Jewish-American princess.
• Jew Bag
• Jew-boy (North America)
• Joo (North America)
• Judensau (Germany) German for "Jewish swine"
• Jidan, jidov (Romanian) both derived from the Slavic "Zhid", for much time they were the common used terms for Jews, and became offensive only in the early 20th century, with the common used word being "evreu" (Hebrew).
• jutku, jutikka (Finnish)
• Kike (North America) one of the most commonly used anti-Semitic slurs
• Malanets (Russian) - mild
• Oven Magnet - very offensive term used by racist groups, comes from practice of cremation at concentration camps.
• pancakes - In reference to the yarmulke, or perhaps latkes.
• Penny Chews British rhyming slang
• Red Sea Pedestrian sometimes abbreviated RSP.
• Rootless cosmopolitans, (former USSR) although not exclusively, as a term for Jews.
• Shonk, Shonker (UK) a Jew (said to be from Yiddish shoniker, meaning "shopkeeper")
• Shylock (UK Commonwealth & US) from Shylock, in Shakespeare's play.
• şimbälär (Tatar) means Saturdays, from the day of the Jewish Shabbat
• Son of Abraham (International)
• Yahoodee (North America) from the Hebrew for Jew & the prevalence of the name "Yehudi"
• Yid (International) from the word Yid.
• Zhid (жид) (Russian), offensive in contemporary Russian and Ukrainian, formerly a common name for Jews. It is still a common name also in other countries (like in Polish, spelled Żyd, and Czech Žid)
• Zidovi (Bosnian), a term still in common use but considered mildly offensive by most Bosnian Jews.

Koreans

• Butterhead
• Gook
• Nom, a derogatory aimed at men, equivalent to the English term for being born to unmarried parents
• Nyun, a derogatory aimed at women, equivalent to the English term for a female dog
• Shepal, derogatory term for the sex act
• Me ching, in Korean this means "crazy", while crazy may not offend some nationalities, for Koreans this is one of the most severe insults

Lithuanians

• Lugan
• Labus, from Lithuanian labas meaning good (although colloquially used as hello)

Mari

• Cherepki (Russian черепки - potsherds, also for little skulls), derived from another term for this nation, Cheremis.

Mexicans

• Modern Farm Equipment USA, reference to the cheap labor they provide in America's overly subsidized farming industry (from a Black African Americans reference to American antique farm equipment, or slaves.)
• Beaner, from the stereotypical staple food of Mexico.
• Burrito – from another stereotypical Mexican staple food.
• Dirty Mexican; term is based on a fetishistic sex act often considered unclean/unsanitary - also known as Dirty Sanchez
• Greaser – term is based upon the (lack of) hair hygiene supposed to be specific to the race.
• Illegal See wetback.
• Manuel USA, a reference to the word "manual", referring to "manual labor"; play on a common Mexican firstname
• Mojado See wetback.
• Spic – apocopation of Hispanic, or a pun on "no spicky English".
• Wetback – name given to illegal immigrants entering the United States of America by swimming across the Rio Grande, which constitutes a long portion of the border between Mexico and the United States.
• Taco Vendor
• Brownie USA, Derogatory name to refer to brown mexican people.
• Mexicant USA, perceived Mexican laziness

New Zealanders

• Jafa - (New Zealand) used by other New Zealanders to describe a person from Auckland. Is an acronym for 'Just another fucking Aucklander'.
• Kiwi - is the nickname, used internationally.
• Sheep shagger (Australian) - Aimed towards New Zealanders, because of their small human population and extremely high sheep population.
• South Sea Pom (Australian) - alluding to their apparent Englishness
• Half Pint Pommie (Australian) - alluding to their apparent Englishness

Norwegians

• Fjeldabe (Danish), fjellape (Norwegian) - "mountain ape" or "mountain monkey", referring to the many mountains in Norway

Pakistanis

• Paki A shortened version of "Pakistani," considered highly offensive, however, the term is currently going through a 'reclamation' as younger generations of Pakistanis seek to make the term acceptable when used amongst each other, mainly in the United Kingdom.
• Terrorist Due to Pakistan's involvement in the Kashmir militancy, even the peaceful Pakistanis are jibed by being focibly associated with the likes of Osama bin Laden.
• Pork Eater This tendency has been noted in the nations of the Indian Subcontinent opposed to the creation of Pakistan in the name of Islam, due to the reason that it's founder, Jinnah was a Pork eater(strictly prohibited in Islam).
• Mad Mollah The image of a mollah(a religious cleric in islam) foaming at the mouth, burning effigies of democratic figures is used very often to describe bearded pakistani males.

Paraguayans

• Paraguas, (umbrellas) used derrogatively in Argentina
• Swonnies

Peruvians

• Cholos a burlesque term, used in Peru, Bolivia and Chile. It is used to refer to people with noticeably greater amounts of Amerindian than European ancestry.

Poles

• Polack American English referring to the Polish word Polak meaning a Pole in Polish.
• Pollock; while being a common last name, it is also used in the derogatory sense
• Polacke in German.
• Polski U.S. referring to last names ending in -ski. Also the word for "Polish" (as in the Polish language) in Polish. The country "Poland" is "Polska" in Polish.
• Pshek in Russian. the reason is the widespread Polish prefix "prze-/przy-" with 'rz' pronounced as "sh", used in many notable last names (as in Przewalski).

Portuguese

• Portos in France.
• Pork-Chop in the United States.
• Greenhorn in the United States.

Pork and Cheese in the United Kingdom

Romanians

• bozgor bilingval rom.-hun. means whitout land for Romanians because they are invaders
• gypsies (international), due to the large gypsy population in Romania
• hairy feet (szőröstalpú) in Hungarian
• hairy toung (szőrösnyelvu) in Hungarian
• polentari (polenta-eater) in Italian
• you knows in English, from common phrase used by Romanian immigrants to U.S.

Russians

• Commie , Red (short for "communist") or Soviet are all offensive terms which may also refer to people from other "ex-Soviet-bloc countries". These terms are also offensive slang terms for a follower of communist ideology, regardless of nationality, or one whose views are alleged to resemble communism.
• Iwan In Germany, common names were used in former times.
• Kacap , Rusek, Bolszewik and Sowiet are offensive words used in Poland.
• Katsap , Kacap Ukraine and Belarus, literally means billy-goat and refers to the beard traditionally worn by Russian men.
• Marca , sounds like Morca Tatar, that means chimney, pobably derived from Russian name Maria/Marya; offensive only for men; now the word lost its offensive meaning for women.
• Popov or Ruskoff Used in France.
• Rusnac Used in Romania.
• Ryssä Used in Finland. Used to be the official name, even in official Russian-written documents. Acquired negative connotations during the Winter War and the Continuation War (World War 2).
• Russki or Ruski Main offensive word used in the English speaking world that refers to Russians as well as several "ex-Soviet-bloc countries", such as Hungary. Ironically, the word is not at all offensive to the English-speaking Russians, since it simply means "Russian" (русский) in Russian.
• During the Winter War, the Finnish had many offensive terms for Russians, or other people from the Soviet Union. These included iivana (from the Russian name Ivan), iippo, vanja (from the Russian name Vanya), toveri ("comrade"), suippolakki ("pointed cap", from the Soviet military uniforms), leipämaan veikko ("fellow from the bread country") and others. Most fell into disuse soon after the war.

Serbs

• Jugos A supposedly "not too offensive" term used by Germans. "Jugos" (= Yugoslavs)
• Tschusche Sometimes used in Austria.
• Četnici used in Croatia and Bosnia, refers to the serbian nationalist resistance movement (the Chetniks) during the Second World War.
• Čefur. Despective, used in Slovenia for persons of former Yugoslavia, especially for those who live in Slovenia but haven't fully integrated.

Scots

• English, many people forget that Scotland is not a part of England.
• Ginger-nob, a reference to the stereotype of Scottish people having ginger hair colour.
• Groundskeeper Willie, an unflattering term for a scot, from the stereotypical character.
• Haggis-muncher, referring to the Scottish dish, the haggis.
• Haggis-shagger, referring to the Scottish dish, the haggis.
• Jock, derived from "Jock", the Scots form of the English forename "Jack", and is now considered offensive or contemptuous by many people.
• Jockroach UK military term
• Porridge-wog UK military term with reference to the Scottish dish.
• Sawney (or Sandy) form of the surname Alexander, which was once common amongst Scots, and now historical.
• Sweaty, Cockney Rhyming Slang; Sweaty sock - Jock.

South Africans

• Boer , referring to Afrikaners, meaning "farmer"; originally in universally accepted usage, the term is now obsolete and used pejoratively.
• Clutchplate, used by English South Africans to refer to Afrikaners
• Hotnot, used by Afrikaners to refer to Coloured people; very offensive. It derives from Hottentot, the name applied to the Khoikhoi.
• Kaffir , referring to South African blacks; extremely offensive
• Rock Spider, used by English South Africans to refer to Afrikaners, meaning that they are big and hairy - also an Australian prison slang term for a paedophile
• Rooinek, used by Afrikaners to refer to English South Africans, meaning "red neck", from the sunburn fair-skinned English-speakers get in South Africa
• Settler, used by South African blacks to refer to whites
• Sout piel , used by Afrikaners to refer to English South Africans, meaning "salty penis", because English-speaking South Africans are said to have one foot in South Africa and the other in England, while their genitals are in the sea.

Spaniards

• Coño (Connio) a burlesque term used in Chile, due to the word that says whenever they get angry. It literally means pussy.
• Dago, originally of British usage, also known as a pejorative term referring to Italians in the United States.
• Don, a British term almost never used in modern times, this term prevailed from around 1500 to 1800.
• Gachupín, Mexican pejorative term referring to Spaniards.
• Gallego, a Spanish word referring to the province of Galicia, used in derogatory fashion in South America to describe anyone from Spain. Used in mexican slang to refer to people as stupid or ingenuous.
• Maketo, pejorative Basque term for Spanish.
• Métèque, early 20th century French derogatory term for Spaniards (and other foreigners from the South). It is the French form of metic. Used in Ancient Greece, the term metic meant simply a foreigner, a non-Greek, living in one of the Greek city-states. It did not have the pejorative sense that it has today in some languages.
• Nuestros Hermanos (Spanish for Our Brothers), Used in Portugal, whose only frontier is with Spain.
• Payo, Gipsy term for non-Gipsy Spanish.
• Polaco, Spanish pejorative term for Catalans. Literally "Polish"
• Sudaca, pejorative Castilian Spanish term derived from "Sudamericano", technically referring to South Americans.
• Xarnego, pejorative Catalan term for a Catalan born from foreign parents, mainly Spanish.

Swedes

• Bög, Finnish term for Swedes (actually Swedish for a homosexual male), because Finns widely perceive Swedish males as effeminate. In the Finnish language, high frequency variations are seen as signs of femininity or emotional excitement. The Swedish language, on the other hand, has a standard tonal accent. This is perceived as feminine speech, as a gay lisp or as a mocking tone by Finnish speakers.
• Bøsser, term from Denmark for Swedish men - literally a term for homosexual males, but also applied to heterosexual Swedes because they are perceived as weak and ineffectual.
• Hurri is a Finnish derogatory term for Swedes in general, both Finland-Swedes and Swedes of the Kingdom. Hurris were a group of Swedish settlers to Finland.
• Swedish meatball, because Meatballs are a cultural food in Sweden

The ethnic Swedes of Finland are sometimes derogatorily called bättre folk (Swedish for "better people"). This is intended to mock the perceived feeling of superiority ethnic Swedes are thought to feel towards Finnish speakers. A related term is pappa betalar, which literally means "daddy will pay".

Tatars

• Abdulla (not so offensive; after the Tatar name Ghabdulla).
• Chaplashka (чеплашка), Russian, after the word for Tatar traditional hat known as tübätäy. Now seems to be uncommon.
• Tartar, English, sounds like Tatar. The word is also used to describe Mongolian tribes in historical context. When used in relation to modern Tatars, it implies their relation to barbarians. (also refers to the practice of eating raw meat)
• Tatarva (татарва), Russian, used mostly as plural.
• Tots, North American, play on the food tater tots and its similarity to Tatars.

Turks

• Kanacke, used in Germany. Very rude
• Knoblauchfresser (garlic-eater / garlic glutton), used in Germany in reference to Turkish cuisine
• Kümmeltürke (caraway turk), Used in Germany in reference to Turkish cuisine
• Wog was originally used in Britain to signify Turks, but it has become used as a general derogatory term for people from Southern Europe (particularly Italians and Greeks) and the Middle East, and to some extent, foreigners in general.
• Turco, literally Turk, used in Brazil in areas with a large Turkish population, such as São Paulo
• Schwarzkopf: Meaning "Black Head", used in Germany. From stereotypical Turkish feature of dark hair.

Ukrainians

In Poland, offensive word is Upowiec or Banderowiec, from the abbreviation "UPA" (Ukrainian Insurrection Army) and its leader Stepan Bandera, known for massacres of Poles. Other terms are similar to those used for Russians, like Kacap or Rusek.

In Russia and other Russian-speaking post-Soviet countries it is khokhol. Relativly new is the term "ubundiets" (убундиец).

Citizens of the United States

• Amerloque – also French slang
• americanata – something that is in bad taste, vulgar (literally, a typically American thing). Italian (with cognate words in other European languages).
• Americant – pun on Americans' perceived laziness.
• Americunt – employed mainly by UK citizens, this refers to American tourists.
• Amer (амер) – Russian, mild. The stress is on the first syllable.
• Amerikos (америкос) ; Russian, more offensive than "amer", but still mild. The stress is on the last syllable.
• Amerikanaki ; Greek, literally, "little American". Mildly offensive, used to convey image of ignorance or naivete.
• Ami– German nickname, rarely used offensively ("Ami go home!"), more common to express disapproval nowadays
• Bushkrieger a German pun on Buschkrieger meaning 'bush warrior'
• Bushmen – sometimes used in Poland, meaning both "men of G. W. Bush" and men living in forests
• Coni Turkish pronounciation of "Johnny", meaning Americans, particularly American soldiers.
• Cowboy – considered patronizing and mockery by Europeans, but many Americans are not offended. (The implication, for those who use the word in derogatory sense, is that Americans are tough and primitively vitalistic.)
• gavacho (or gabacho) – Used in Mexico. For origin, see under "Offensive terms for the French"
• Gringo – Derogatory term used mostly by spanish speaking people.
• Hamshank – rhyming slang = Yank.
• Kałboj – derived from "cowboy" and the word "kał" meaning "solid byproduct of digestion" in Polish language
• 'murrican or Merrican – caricature of the way some Americans pronounce the word "American".
• Merkin - A rather more pejorative version of the above.
• pig – A derogatory term used to stereotype Americans as obese and fat as that of a "pig."
• pindos (пиндос) – Russian, more offensive than "amerikos", but mild all the same. The stress is on the last syllable. Allegedly, the use of this term to refer to Americans originated in Yugoslavia during the war of 2000-2001, and was imported to Russian in the course of "brotherhood of slavonic peoples" media campaign of that time.
• Ricain – French slang (shortening of the usual américain)
• Round eye burger muncher – primarily used in the video game Starcraft on Battle.net by Korean players generally followed by an Anime Style emoticon
• Septic/seppo – British and Australian term for Americans (rhyming slang for septic tank = Yank.) Originated from WW2 (U.S. people were said to be "full of shit"); A septic tank is used in rural areas for storage and decomposition of human waste.
• UNPROFORac (Bosnian), refers to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). The 'ac' ending is the Bosnian equivalent of "ian". The term is viewed any number of ways, from endearing ("I married my UNPROFORac") to offensive ("She thinks she's a UNPROFORac").
• Yank – short for Yankees; Yanqui in Spanish, jenki in Hungarian, jenkki in Finnish; usually would not be considered offensive by an American (unless a Southerner), nor is it always intended offensively. Most commonly used in Latin America to refer to American tourist.
• Americows, because Americans are supposedly fat.
• Zupfer (German "zupfen" = "to pluck"), probably pertaining to the historical cotton-plucking of African-American slaves, but also used for all US citizens, regardless of heritage.
• Zelen (Bosnian), meaning "green". An extremely offensive term, it evokes the stereotype of a "green", or uneducated, American whose only use is to provide a "green" card.
• Amiland, in Germany sometimes used as nickname for the USA
• Absurdistan, in Germany rarely used as nickname for the USA. Absurdistan because of the old electionsystem and stupid laws.

See also Alternative words for American

Uruguayan

• Charrúa (mostly positive) used in all Latin America due to the primitive inhabitants of that one country.
• Yorugua used in the lunfardo slang, spoken in the Río de la Plata region, characterized by inverting the order of syllables, not necesarely offensive (yo-Urugua = Urugua-yo, in Spanish).
• Oriental', used in Argentina, as Uruguay is on the "Oriental" side of the Río de la Plata river. Not necesarely offensive

Vietnamese

• Charlie - shortened from radio code "Victor Charlie", meaning "V.C." (Vietcong) used in the Vietnam War
• Gook - Korean morpheme for "country" that was carried over to the Vietnamese. Often a general ethnic slur for Asians, it was especially employed during the Vietnam War.
• Dink - a second general Asian slur, used heavily by soldiers in Vietnam.
• Dog Muncher - based on the habit of eating dog meat - also used for Koreans
• Yellow Man - as typified in use by Bruce Springsteen in Born in the USA
• Nips - can also be used for a Japanese person.
• Slopehead
• Zipperhead

Welshmen

• Boyo - alluding to their accent and dialect in English.
• Sheep-Shagger - alluding to the Welsh's alleged love of these animals. Also used (ironically) to offend people from Derbyshire in England as well as people from New Zealand due to the large numbers of sheep in these areas.
• Taffy - popular in old nursery rhymes like Taffy was a Welshman/Taffy was a thief/Taffy come to my house/And stole a chunk o'beef. It comes from a dimunitive of "Dafydd", the Welsh for David, which is a common name in Wales. By coincidence, there is also the River Taff, that flows through South Wales, and Cardiff the capital.

See also

• List of ethnic slurs, sorts the terms alphabetically
• Term of disparagement
• Hate speech