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ETHNIC SLUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slur on someone's race or language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ethnic slur" is a kind of...):
aspersion; slur (a disparaging remark)
Domain member usage:
coolie; cooly ((ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer)
hymie; kike; sheeny; yid ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew)
Chinaman; chink ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent)
Mick; Mickey; Paddy ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent)
dago; ginzo; greaseball; Guinea; wop ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent)
spic; spick; spik ((ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent)
greaser; taco; wetback ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent)
picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)
