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  • spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty 
  • (U.S, U.K) a. a person of Hispanic descent. Use
    of the word is often perceived as extremely
    offensive if used by a person other than that of
    Latino descent in any context. origin uncertain.
    first recorded use in 1915. Theories include (1)
    from "no spik English" (2) from spig, in turn
    from spiggoty, which could be from spaghetti as
    it originally was used to refer to Italians as
    well when coined in 1910. Common belief is that
    it is an abbreviation of "Hispanic", although
    this is probably an anachronism b. the Spanish
    language.123

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  • Gringo
  • (Latin American, Hispanic Americans, Portugal) a
    white person or foreigner. The term lends itself
    to derogatory or paternalistic connotations, but
    depending on the context it may not be meant
    pejoratively. In Brazil, "gringo" is applied to
    any foreigners (including Mexicans or Argentines)
    and has no negative connotations by itself61.

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  • Greaseball
  • (US) Formerly a person of Italian descent now
    also applies to a Hispanic person. This term also
    refers to a person who regularly uses some sort
    of hair gel or product. People who fit this
    description stereotypically live on Long Island
    or the Jersey Shore. See the play "A Streetcar
    Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.60

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  • Gook 
  • (U.S. military slang) an Asian person, especially
    an enemy (e.g. Koreans or Vietnamese during the
    Korean and Vietnam wars). By extension, any Asian
    person. Probably derived from the Korean words
    hanguk and miguk. Hanguk refers to
    Korea30 and miguk is the common word for
    America.31 American troops misinterpreted
    "migook" (sounds like "me gook") as an assertion
    of "I am a gook". The word persisted during the
    Vietnam War, perhaps also because the Vietnamese
    people have a similar word qu?c, meaning
    "country". Strangely, "gook" was also used by
    white soldiers in Africa to designate enemy
    insurgents.57

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  • Durka
  • a person (Typically male) of middle eastern or
    south asian heritage. Widely publicized through
    the movie Team America World Police, durka is a
    mockery of certain south asian and/or middle
    eastern languages. Considered moderately
    offensive

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  • Cracker 
  • (U.S.) poor Southerner, "poor white trash", first
    used in the 19th century.39 By extension, white
    people in general. (Europe) People with blue eyes
    and blonde hair. (Southeast Asia) White people
    (usually White Americans).

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  • Chink 
  • (U.S. and UK) used to refer to people of
    perceived Chinese descent or East Asian.
    Contraction of Chinese/East Asians, or describes
    eyes as shaped as chinks. Considered extremely
    derogatory, although at least one US school
    proudly used the term as a sports mascot until
    the 1980s.34

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  • Chicano 
  • (U.S., Mexico) a person of Mexican descent born
    in the United States. This word is sometimes used
    by native Mexicans as a derogatory term to
    insinuate that the person born in the United
    States is not a true Mexican and, therefore, a
    "lesser" Mexican.

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  • Canuck 
  • (U.S. CAN) a Canadian national. (Rarely
    offensive, and considered by Canadians to be
    somewhat obsolete compare "Yankee") The
    Vancouver NHL team is even called the "Vancouver
    Canucks". When pronounced Can-OOK it is somewhat
    more derisive, although in a comical sense. The
    original meaning, like "Canadian", meant French
    Canadians only.

10
  • Apple 
  • (North America) An American Indian (Native
    American) who is "red on the outside, white on
    the inside." Used primarily by other American
    Indians to indicate someone who has lost touch
    with their cultural identity. First used in the
    1980s.12

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  • Whore, slut

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  • Beaner 
  • (U.S.) term widely regarded as derogatory, that
    refers to people of Mexican descent or, more
    broadly, Latinos.161718 The term originates
    from the prevalence of frijoles pintos and other
    beans in Mexican food.1819
  • According to The Historical Dictionary of
    American Slang, the word was first seen in print
    in 1965, although the term has reportedly been in
    use at least since the 1940s (perhaps having
    evolved from previous slurs such as "bean-eater"
    and "bean-bandit" that were in use since as far
    back as the 1910s.) 16
  • Although the word is generally considered
    pejorative, its usage is not always overtly
    offensive and can be fairly benign depending on
    the context (similar to the term "frog" for a
    French person.) Though perhaps once considered
    strictly offensive, it appears that the term may
    be going through a phase of melioration, where
    the negative connotation of an ethnic slur is
    "reclaimed" by those it is directed against and
    used in a neutral or even positive manner. 16

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