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Slur | Represents | Reason & Origins |
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ABCD | Indians | Means American Born Confused Desi (pronounced day-see). Used by Indians to describe American-born Indians who are confused about their culture. (Desi is slang for an 'countryman'). Also BBCD - British Born Confused Desi. |
Apna | Indians | Hindi/Punjabi slang meaning "our guy," and referring to a male of their own race. "Apni" refers to Indian females. Used in areas of Punjabi immigrants. |
Apu | Indians | Hindu character from The Simpsons. Before that, one of the most famous films out of India was the "Apu Trilogy." |
Babar | Indians | From the character Babar the Elephant. First appeared in the book "Babar the King" published in 1963 and made into a popular animated HBO show in the early 90's. It's about an Indian elephant character growing up. |
Babu | Indians | Means "child" in Hindi. Getting multiple "definitions" for this word. |
Bhindu | Indians | Similar to "hillbilly" or simpleton. Bindu is a Sanskrit word meaning drop. The word bindi, which is the typical "red dot" worn on the forehead of Indian men and women, comes from this word. |
Bhrempti | Indians | Their pronunciation of the number 20. |
Binder | Indians | slang for turbin |
Bindi | Indians | From the dot that Hindu women wear on their foreheads. |
Bingo | Bengalis | Derogatory, used by Indians and Pakistanis |
Bipty | Indians | When an Indian gives you change at 7-11, they sound like they're saying, "Here is one dollar and bipty cents." |
Blackout | Native Americans | A stereo type of American Indians referencing their prevalence to excessive alcohol consumption. |
Boojie | Indians | Pronounced 'boo-jee'; refers to all the 7-11 workers of the world. |
Bow Bender | Native Americans | Indians shot bows. |
Buffalo Soldier | Blacks | When the U.S. government was clearing the West of Native Americans, they sent many black units to hunt them down. The Indians thought they looked like buffalo. |
Buttonhead | Indians | Due to the red dot on many Hindu's foreheads. |
Chara | Indians | A South African term for Indians. Not as derogatory as coolie |
Cow-Kisser | Indians | For the worship of cows in India. |
Curry | Indians | Derivative of Curry Muncher etc. |
Curry-Muncher | Indians | They eat Curry. |
D.I.P. | Indians | Dumb Idiotic Punjab |
Desi | Indians | Refers to native Indians, non-derogatory even humorous, "des" means "country" and "desi" means fellow countrymen |
Dot Knot | Indians | Dot (red dot on forehead) Knot (turbins on Punjabs) |
Dot/Dot-Head | Indians | Refers to the "bindi" (dot) on their foreheads. The dot's significance relates to the marital status of an indian female. Red dot: married; Black dot: single. |
Dottie | Indians | Indians are the smart ones that put the "dot" in ".com" |
Elephant Jockey | Indians | Elephants were a popular mode of transport in Victorian and Pre-Victorian Asia |
Esau | Whites | Hebrew Israelites refer to whites as being the actual color of "red". A white person laughs, gets angry, slapped, and cries, will turn red. Also, being the direct lineage of Easu as oppose to Blacks and American Indians being the lineage of Jacob according to Genenis chp.25 vers 25 and Genesis chp. 36. Doing research of the Roman Empire, you will find that the Romans were known as the Edomites. King Herod was an Edomite and before Rome was known as Rome, it was known as the city of Edom. |
Etch | Indians | Some say their music sounds like etch-a-sketch. |
Feather | Native Americans | Used to differentiate Indians from India ("Dots") from those from America ("Feathers"). |
FOB | Immigrants | Stands for "Fresh off the Boat." Used in English-speaking countries for anyone with a heavy accent and are clearly immigrants, mostly Asians or Indians. See also: JOJ |
Fort Injun/Indian | Native Americans | A term used to represent the [traitor?] Indians who hid behind the safety of the forts. |
Gandhi | Indians | Famous Indian. |
Ganesh | Indians | A hindu god. |
Gas Pumper | Indians | Most gas station are owned and operated by Indians |
Ghinder | Indians | Origins are unknown. The generally accepted derivative is from the ultimate ghinder, Mahatma Gandhi. |
Gupta | Indians | A former Hindu dynasty. |
Gut-Eater | Native Americans | They eat stomach lining (tripe) of deer, buffalo, etc. Also after the newly-arrived whites killed all the buffalo they would take every thing but the guts. So all the plains Indians had to eat was guts. |
Habib | Indians | Indian name. Used in the TV show Married With Children where a gas attendant was an Indian. |
Hadji | Indians | Reference to a youthful East Indian side-kick character named Hadji from the '70s Saturday-morning cartoon, "Johnny Quest" |
Halee Halaa | Indians | Manner in which they speak used by Latin Americans |
Hamilton | Indians | Rhyming slang in Scotland from a Scottish soccer team called Hamilton Academicals. This is shortened to Hamilton Accies (Akkies) a derogatory name for Indians. |
Higger | Indians | Hindus who act Black. |
Indian | Native Americans | Indians come from India, not North/South America. Offensive because original American settlers from Europe completely misnamed them. |
Indonigger | Indians | Indian who tries to be black, or is darker in skin. |
Init | Native Americans | Sioux Indians. Init is a actual word the Sioux like to use. We like to say this is "rez talk" so eventually it fit to call them Inits. |
Jab | Indians | Short for Punjab, a region of India. |
Julab | Indians | Means "wet shit" in Hindi/Punjabi |
Kaek | Indians | Thais, living in Thailand, refer to the Indians (who have been in Thailand for at least 200 years, I think) as Kaeks, which means "guest" in Thai. Take a hint, already, guys! The word may also be spelled "kak" or any other way you like, since Thais use a different "alphabet." However, "kaek" is pronounced to rhyme with "crack." |
Kala | Blacks | Indian word for the color black. Used by Indians as a slur for black people. |
Kaliali | Indians | Malu is actually short for "Maliali" which is spelled Malayalee. Specifically South Indians from the state of Kerala in India |
Kalu | Indians | Indian acting like a black person |
Ki Yi | Native Americans | Rhymes with 'pie pie'. The sounds made in old western movies by the Indians. |
Klooch | Native Americans | Common slur used for Alaskan Indians. |
Kumar | Indians | From the movie 'Harlad and Kumar go to White Castle', Kumar is the Indian character |
Kuthi | Indians | Means 'Bitch' In Punjabi |
Macaca | Indians | Derived from the word "monkey." Famously used by Republican U.S. Senator George Allen during his 2006 re-election campaign. |
Madrasis | Indians | The biggest city in South India used to be called Madras(now Chennai). |
Mahout | Indians | Literally means "Elephant Driver" but was turned into a popular racial slur around 1997 when a lot of Indains began to move onto Long Island. |
Mangosteen | Indians | The mangosteen is a fruit that grows in the East Indies and is black on the outside but white on the inside. Refers to Indians who have forgotten their heritage. |
Mohow | Native Americans | Indians have Mohawks & Pow wows. |
Mungen | Chinese | A Tamil word used by the Indians to insult the Chinese |
My Friend! | Indians | Started by the constant greetings of the clerks of a deli as they greet customers. |
Napkin Nigger | Indians | Obvious reasons. |
Paki | Indians | Short for Pakistani. Often not derogatory when used. In The UK many Indians and Pakistanis have been lumped under the same term. It's *much* more of a slur to Indians |
Patel | Indians | Means "Innkeeper" or "Motel Owner". Pal is a name of rich, land owning Indians. It means landowner. It's a slur because only the rich Indians would come to western countries years ago, a flood of patels. |
Pindunderjip | Indians | From the joke; What is an East Indian that got hit by a truck called? Answer; Pindunbderjip or Pinned under jeep. |
Pull-Start | Indians | Reference to pulling their turbans off their heads. |
Punjab | Indians | Punjab is the Indian character from "Little Orphan Annie." Also represents the Punjab region of India (near the Punjab river). When the British took over India, they used it as a derogatory term for the natives there. |
Push-Button | Indians | Refers to the caste-mark (dot) on their foreheads. Push-Start also. |
Reset | Indians | Comes from the common red dot on an Indian's forehead, resembling the reset button on many electronics |
Sambo | Indians | Derives from the traditional children's story, "The Story of Little Black Sambo" about an Asian Indian who had dark skin. |
Sanjay | Indians | Apu's co-worker on the Simpsons is named Sanjay |
Slurpee Jockey | Indians | Reference to convenience store franchises |
Smoke-Signal | Native Americans | Many American Indians communicated by using smoke signals. |
Spice Rubber | Indians | Because they use massive spices in their cuisine and they rub them on their bodies. |
Swami | Indians | A Hindu religious teacher. |
Target | Indians | The dot on their head looks like a laser sight. |
Taxi Driver | Indians | The famous New York taxi drivers |
Thank You Come Again | Indians | A phrase made popular by stereotypical Indian convenience store owner Apu on The Simpsons. |
Tundra Nigger | Native Americans | same as prarie nigger, but Eskimos are a different species of animal than Indians. |
Turbinator | Indians | Seekh Indians wear turbans because their religion dictates that they may not cut hair |
White Eye | Whites | Term used by Indians in the late 1800's to describe white settlers. |
Wog | Indians | British Imperialists commonly referred to Indians as a "WOG" since they were commonly used as security, it stood for "Warden on Guard". |
WOPaho | Native Americans | Any person claiming to be part Navaho Indian, but are without papers or pedigree showing it. Similar To Wigger In Some Respects. A couple of Kootenai Indians in my home town called some people this once, and I heard it as a boy. Naturally, I asked... "You know, there's always someone claimng to be part Navaho, but they have no papers..." |
Yankee | Americans | Slang used primarily by the British. Also used in the former Confederate states to refer to people of the Union states. Origins can be traced to the Ottowa Indians calling the English, "Yang-gees," which morphed into "Yankees" by the British who then took that home after the French and Indian war in 1763. |