For "mick"

Slur	Represents	Reason & Origins
McWop	Mixed Races	Irish/Italian, Mick and Wop, play on common Irish last names.
Mick/Mic/Mc	Irish	Many Irish surnames begin with "Mc" or "Mac." Many Irish are also named after the famed Michael Collins, making Michael (Mick) a very common name. Not as derogatory as Paddy.
Thick Mick	Irish	Commonly used in England where Irish immigrants did much of the manual labour. Thick meaning stupid, Mick as an abbreviation of Michael, a common Irish Christian name.

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