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message: Related to the Aboriginal (Yagera language) word bung (meaning "dead") which was taken up in Australian pidgin English and in turn in Australian English as the slang word bung. Source: http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/pubs/ozwords/October_2004/Billy.html
Yerkrey (talk) 02:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: boong

message: I don't see how Abd is an objective term. It's just how the arabic language has developed. My brother's name is Abd, and he's not even black. Again, his name is Abd, not Abdullah as some of you may have thought I meant. I am removing the word from the list.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ishvara7 (talk • contribs) 02:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Abd

message: A term used by Chinese (possibly other Asian countries?) to refer to Caucasians.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.243.100 (talk) 23:13, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bignose

message: Charlie
This word has an additional, mildly derisive racial meaning: it is used by Greek Cypriots to refer to expatriate Greek Cypriots living in Britain. It is also used to refer to the language they speak (Cypriot Greek with many English words, especially English words backformed to sound like Greek words). It is said the term derives from Prince Charles. 
Tesspub 18:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Charlie

message: This term is listed as the Australian term for someone from PNG. This is incorrect. The term is Fuzzy Wuzzie, originating from World War II when PNG natives acted as guides and stretcher bearers to Allied soldiers in PNG (who referred to them as Fuzzy Wuzzie Angels). The name arose from description of the locals' hair, being 'fuzzy' compared to white people's hair. In that setting it wasn't developed as a pejorative term (as the soldiers were extremely reliant on, fond of and grateful to the PNG natives) - it's considered pejorative nowadays because of the condescending undertone.
The Term "Fuzzy Wuzzi" in Australia would not date from WWII but from Rudyard Kipling. 'ere's to ya, Fuzzy Wuzzy
                  Wi' your 'ayrack 'ead of 'air
                  You big black boundin' beggar
                  For you broke a British square.
It was meant as a compliment.Scott Catledge 02:19, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Aussie Wuzzie

message: slang for indian
It is common to find people offended by the term "indian."
:And some like it. But no one likes "injun". Wahkeenah 00:10, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually hear that a lot in old popeye cartoons, but I definitely find this an insult for native americans. WiiAlbanyGirl 03:46, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also should be included - "blanket ass" ... an uncommon but quite offensive term for Native Americans. (stickler 9/24/07)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.149.46.2 (talk) 14:30, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Injun

message: Gaucho (or Gaúcho in Portuguese) nowadays designates the people who were born in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil, or the ones who love the state and its culture so much that consider themselves gaúchos. This therm used to designate cattle robbers who lived in the South American pampas, mainly in Argentina, Uruguay, and the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil. Now it is proudly used as a Demonym for people who are born in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Fsmallmann 22:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Gaucho

message: I found this article: Fish Belly. I think it could be brought in and deleted from there. It has no source, but I found it here also:  and a quick search with google came up with some pages. There is no reason for a seperate article on that term. Tell me what you think. SadanYagci 01:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fish Belly article now redirects to this article.   "This is a slur term used to describe a person with white skin. This term is offensive and originated in the southern part of the USA during the civil war. The slaves created this term as a vulgar term to describe their white slave masters." Jerry lavoie 16:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Fish Belly now redirects to this page. But... this page says nothing about fish belly. Kind of confuses things, don't you think? SadanYagci 23:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fish Belly

message: anyone from middle eastern descent.-its not on here —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.151.49.29 (talk) 20:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dune Coon

message: I just wanted to note that I did not find this in the list.  I'm not sure that this is a truely offensive slur or a widely used one, but a twinkie is yellow on the outside, white on the inside; i.e. of Chinese ethnicity but acts white or is white-cultured.  A former co-worker was a self-proclaimed "Twinkie" which I thought was funny, although I could see it as being deragatory.
:Twinkie refers to a gay man. I have really only heard it used as that & not as a Chinese "Uncle    Tom".
::"twinkie" or "twink" is a term used to describe a young gay man.  Perhaps your co-worker was communicating something else about himself other than ethnicity?
:::It is a very common term for yellow on the outside white on the inside in the area where I live.
::::The film Harold and Kumar go to White Castle explains it as yellow on the outside, white on the inside--Shadebug 20:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Similar to Apples and Oreos. Wahkeenah 21:28, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And coconuts. In fact, is there a generic term for a on the outside, b on the inside, terms?--Shadebug 09:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How about "Traitor to one's race"? Wahkeenah 10:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless you can cite that as an official term, I would suggest that it oversteps the line a little in defining what these terms imply. I would suggest that they are not necessarily perjorative but do demonstrate an adherence to a culture apart from ones race--Shadebug 16:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oreo and Apple are nothing but derogatory. They are insults, pure and simple. I never heard of "Twinkie" for an Asian, but if so, you can be sure it's also derogatory. Its primary use that I've heard is for either a homosexual or an "unmanly" or weak man, as with the more generic "cream puff". Wahkeenah 16:32, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think those are nothing but derogatory. It's like being "white-washed," and people use it jokingly or endearingly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Catgofire (talk • contribs) 04:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Twenty-five years ago when I worked in the professional theatre in New York City, in a significantly gay subculture, "twink" was a sexually referential term, not derogatory per se but unflattering to an individual to whom it was applied. The term was commonly used in conversation among somewhat older gay men, usually referring to younger gay men who were sexually attractive (the sexual reference pertaining to the physical makeup of a Twinkie pastry) but "empty calories", i.e. not intellectually or socially interesting. I have a number of gay acquaintances, contacts and friends, and the term is still used in that context among individual gays and in social literature. JWilly48519 21:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Twinkie

message: Chigger, Chinese - Refers to Chinese people that try to act like Black people or are half Black.
http://gyral.blackshell.com/names.html
:not a great source.
::how about http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chigger or http://www.nukeisrael.com/slurs.htm?
Though this also refers to a nasty breed of tiny pest that lives in water and burrows into swimmers' skins. But still, I have heard this used as a racial slur. In fact, I was once discussing the pest when I was overheard. The person overhearing me took offense and thought I was discussing the slur. --FungalSheep 18:46, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chigger

message: The UK version - from Septic Tank/Yank.  Although the Australian version, "Seppo" is on there. (unsigned)
:Also consider Stephen Fry's explanation on QI as somebody who is "anti-septic" being labeled as "listerine"--Shadebug 16:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Septic isn't on the list

message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_baby This article mentions that the term is derogatory. http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/anchor_baby/ This gives an explanation of the term. I've seen it used on many message boards and online communities in a derogatory fashion. (unsigned)
:Anchor Baby is not a derogatory term like wetback, indio, beaner, etc. It is an accurate description of what an Illegal family do when they want to have a "legitimate" way of staying in the United States like this Mexican India woman and her American born Mexican Indio son. Elvira Arellano and her anchor baby son Anchor Baby son asks Mexican congress to interfere with US Laws Mexico's anti-immigration stance Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs Few Protections for Migrants to Mexico --James 22:16, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It may or may not be a slur, but it isn't ethnic so it doesn't belong on this list. -Will Beback · † · 23:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Anchor Baby

message: Maybe it should be mentioned in the article that the term "Nazi" was originally used for Members of the NSDAP (which is the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei or freely translated national-socialist-german-labor-party). During Adolf Hitlers tyranny most germans joined the NSDAP. Partly they were forced to do so, partly they did it for personal benefit. Today the party is forbidden, so the term Nazi is used for people who still sympathize with Hitlers views.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.155.208.59 (talk) 11:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Nazi

message: I've heard "zipperhead" as a term for East Asians. The explanation I heard was that US troops in the Korean War said their adversaries skulls, when shot with a rifle, would split open as if they had a zipper.  The term is used at one point in Full Metal Jacket, a film about the Vietnam War. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 168.215.132.137 (talk) 23:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Zipperhead

message: Our article on Heeb Magazine asserts that it's an ethnic slur, as does my personal experience (not valid evidence, I know), and many google hits. What more are we looking for? --Dante Alighieri | Talk 23:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Heeb

message: I must admit a bit of trouble understanding why this word made it into a list of slurs that are, or have been, used in English language. While -although only with a lot of imagination- I can understand the listing of words like gweilo (linked to a bit of a scandal concerning the naming of a cooking show) and jook-sing (article even has a note on North American usage) are at least used in English speaking countries, I cannot understand why Keling is listed here. Maybe only the Keling-article needs to be extended to explain that, though... Tierlieb 22:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be listed here, because people in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei also use English as the second language, and yet the term is also used. So, there is no reason why the word should not be included in the list. Hezery99 (talk) 02:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keling 

message: Does this article contains words form all over the world or just from the English language?
I think Cholo is used in America as well... But I'm from Ecuador so, I wouldn't actually know that... But it is definitely a slur of everyday use in countries in Latin America
I've heard it used by Hispanics in the US, but only by other Hispanics, so I'm not sure if that counts...
Cholo is Spanish for gangster, therefore, not being an ethnic slur.
:Yeah. Cholo is spanish for gangster. I don't think it's a slur. --Esanchez(Talk 2 me or Sign here) 19:41, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cholo