ethnic slur

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ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language aspersion, slur - a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" darkey, darkie, darky - (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people boy - (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy" jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" Tom, Uncle Tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites 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, wop, Guinea - (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 Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)