| Slur |
Represents |
Reasons/Origins |
| Abba Dabba |
Middle Easterners |
Used in the movie
"Betrayed" by rural American hate group. |
| Banana |
Asians |
Yellow on the outside, white on
the inside. |
| Bug Eater |
Asians |
They eat bugs |
| Charlie |
Vietnamese |
U.S. soldiers called the
Vietnamese "Charlie" during the Vietnamese War. |
| Chigger |
Chinese |
Refers to Chinese people that
try to act like Black people or are half Black. |
| Chinaman |
Asians |
Self explanatory. |
| Chinese |
Asians |
Used by the
ignorant to describe any Asian with slanted eyes. |
| Chink |
Chinese |
Shortened and
rearranged from Chinese. |
| Chino |
Chinese |
Spanish for
Chinese. |
| Chonky |
Chinese |
Concatenation of
Chinese or Chink and Honky. See: Chink, Honky. |
| Coolie |
Chinese |
Chinese railroad
workers in the 1800's wore triangle-shaped hats called
"coolies". |
| Dink |
Vietnamese |
From Apocalypse
Now. |
| Dog Muncher |
Asians |
They have been
known to eat dogs; as seen on "Faces of Death" Volumes 1-6. |
| Fob |
Asians |
"Fresh Off
the Boat." Applies mainly to Asian immigrants. |
| Gook |
Vietnamese |
Most likely
originated in Korea either by referring Korea's original name, "Hanguk",
or during the Korean War when Koreans would ask American GI's "Mi
Guk?" ("American?" in Korean) which sounded like they
were saying "Me gook." Was soon adopted for use in the Vietnam War. |
| Gookaniese |
Vietnamese |
Their language is Gookaniese. |
| Harbor Bomber |
Japanese |
Self-explanatory. |
| Jandel |
Polynesians |
Because most
Polynesians wear jandels. |
| Jap |
Japanese |
Short for
Japanese. |
| Jaundy Boy |
Asians |
Comes from
Jaundice (Hepatitis) which turns your skin yellow. |
| Kung-fu |
Chinese |
Chinese delivery
person, mainly 'Is that Kung-Fu with my Lo mein?" |
| Lemonhead |
Asians |
Skin color. |
| Meat Pie |
Asians |
"Yellow on
the outside, black on the inside." |
| Mung |
Vietnamese |
Represents
Vietnamese people that were relocated to America by the US government
during and after the Vietnam war. I don't know if it's considered
derogatory or not. |
| Nip |
Japanese |
Short for Nippon
meaning "Japan". |
| Nuprin |
Asians |
"Little,
yellow, different." |
| Pancake |
Asians |
Facial
characteristics. |
| Panhead |
Asians |
Facial
characteristics. |
| Patel |
Indians |
Means
"Innkeeper" or "Motel Owner". Pal is a name of rich,
land owning Indians. It means land owner. It's a slur because only the
rich Indians would come to western countries years ago, a flood of
patels. |
| Pinky Poops |
Vietnamese/Black
Mix |
When Black soldiers
had kids with Vietnamese women. |
| Powerpoint |
Asians |
Used mainly by
Australians. Australian electricity outlets are commonly called power
points, they are said to look like a stick figure drawing of an Asian
face. |
| Rail Hopper |
Chinese |
In early America
many Chinese were sent to build the railroads. |
| Rice-Eater |
Asians |
Popular food
among Asians. |
| Rice-Picker |
Asians |
Because they pick
rice? Probably a play on 'Cotton Picker.' |
| Slant |
Asians |
Facial
description -- referring to the eyes. |
| Slantey-eye'd |
Asians |
Facial
description -- referring to the eyes. |
| Slope-head |
Asians |
Facial
description, self explanatory. |
| Spoon |
Asians/Blacks |
From the
reflection you see when looking at a spoon. Not sure about using this on
Asians. Blacks is obvious because of the big lips reflection. |
| Squinty |
Asians |
Self explanatory. |
| Tape Head |
Asians |
Facial
characteristics--slanted eyes as if someone pulled back their eyes using
Scotch tape around the back of their head. |
| Twinkie |
Asians |
Yellow on the
outside, white on the inside. |
| Wog |
Asians |
Stands for
"White-Oriental Gentleman." Sarcastic British replacement for
"nigger." |
| Yellow |
Asians |
Skin color (sort
of). |
| Zipperhead |
Asians |
Coined by US
soldiers during Korean War because if Asians are shot in the head with
high powered weapons, their heads would split as if you unzipped them. |
