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Slur Represents Reason & Origins
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.
AmeriKKKan Americans Reference to inherent racism in US society. Entered the language as a part 1960s counter-cultural slang.
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.
Banana Bender Australians Austrlian slang term for a useless person living in the state of Queensland.
Beur Arabs Verlan (French slang) for "reube", which is itself verlan for "Arabe". Usually used for children of migrants from Maghreb settled in France in the 60-70's. Not inherently derogatory.
Binder Indians slang for turbin
Bludger Australian Aboriginals A bludger, or more accurately "dole-bludger", in Australian slang is someone who doesnt work and relies on the government for money (doles). It is the sterotype that all the Mediterraneans and Aborigianals of Australia are bludgers.
Boogalee Cajuns May be a corruption of the French slang for "feces".
Bubble Greeks "Bubble & Squeak" is Cockney slang for Greek.
Captain Turks English rhyming slang. Captain Kirk = Turk
Cocoa Puff Whites Represents a slang term for Blacks or a derogatory term for a White woman who sleeps or has children from Blacks. Originated from the cereal of the same name that turns white milk into chocolate milk.
Crote Croatians Slang term for Croatians
Dago Italians Slang for Italian, originally coming from Spain. "Diego" was a common name in Italy at the time this slang was first used. See: Wop.
Desabrido Whites Spanish slang for without color, or flavorless with no substance.
Diesel Native Americans Rhyming slang, diesel engine = injun
Egoy Blacks Filipino racial slang for Black people
Four By Two Jews Cockney rhyming slang "four by two" = Jew.
Guancaca Salvadorans Probably from "guanaca," which is non-derogatory Central American slang for a Salvadoran + "caca," which means what it means in the US
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.
Hay Seed Whites Slang term for country-farmer-type whites (or all whites in general).
Ivan Russians German WW2 slang, like Tommy for English
Jam Bun Germans Cockney slang for Hun (See: Hun)
Jin Asians Asian people who try to act Black and use the slang, etc. Jin is the name of a Chinese rapper (link).
Kano Americans Filipino slang for Americans. Shortened from "Amerikano."
Khao-Khao Whites (pronounced: cow-cow) Thai slang referring to whites. Khao means white.
Kitchen Sink Chinese Cockney rhyming slang, chink = kitchen sink
Langosta/Langostina Cubans Means "Lobster", slang for Cuban women because like the lobster they carry all their meat in the tail
Laposta Italians Italian slang for lazy person with a small dick. In some areas its used to describe someone unusually skinny, pedophilia, and I've even heard homosexual. The word has different meaning based on where its said, but it all references Italians.
LBFM Filipinos Female Filipinos, or Asians in general. From 70's military slang, stands for "Little Brown Fucking Machine"
Malabari Malayali/Indian Popular slang used in the MiddleEast to describe the Malayalam speaking people from Kerala state in India. Malabar which is a part of Kerala used to have economic ties with the MiddleEast because of the spice trade. However the term Malabari is now considered a derogatory word.
Mechanical Blacks English rhyming slang - Mechanical digger = Nigger
Melon Johnny Blacks Italian slang for Blacks.
Miyate Blacks Mexican/Latino slang for "minority".
Mo And Yo Blacks 2 of the more common sounds they make in their general street slang.
Norsky Norwegians Shortened/derogatory slang term
Ola Norwegians Swedish slang for stupid Norwegian.
Pen and Ink Chinese Cockney rhyming slang, chink = pen and ink
Poon Hindus Punjab as in, popular Indian restaurant names, slang for punjab is poon
Pute Whites Pronounced "poo-tee;" Filipino-American slang from Tagalog's term for the color "white"
Ragoona Blacks New Orleans white slang refering to the "doo-rag" which blacks frequently wear to keep their hair in place.
Sceptic Americans Rhyming slang, Sceptic Tank = Yank. Both are "full of shit."
Scooby Doo Jews Rhyming slang for 'Jew'.
Seppo Americans Cockney rhyming slang for septic tank = yank, shortened.
Septic Americans Short for Septic Tank, which is rhyming slang for "Yank." Commonly used in Ireland. May also be used in the UK.
Septic Tank Americans Cockney rhyming slang for "yank", often abreviated to "Seppo"
Septic/Sherman Americans Cockney rhyming slang. Septic Tank/Sherman Tank = Yank
Shitheel Blacks Slang term for a Black servant. Southern origins.
Silvery Blacks Cockney rhyming slang for Coon - Silvery Moon - Silvery.
Skimo Eskimos Derogatory slang of 'Eskimo'.
Spota Blacks (Pronounced Spoh-tuh) Stereotype of dumb inner city blacks' slang for supposed to. "Spota get a job. Spota take care of the kids. Spota not break the law."
Sunarefa Arabs Used by Russian metal band Korrozia Metalla on the song (title translates to) "Kill The Sunarefa." Sunarefa refers to a Soviet brand of cold medicine. I do not know if Korrozia Metalla (Corrosion of Metal) were the first to use this slang or how it came about, but it seemed very widly understood among Russian youth.
Sweaty Sock Scottish Cockney rhyming slang -- Jock = Sweaty Sock
Tory Irish Bandit, from the Irish Tory Island, a noted have for bandits and pirates. Also common slang term for a member of Canada's Conservative party.
Vato Mexicans Originates from Chicano slang. In Spanish it means "guy". Can be compared with "dude".
WOP Italians High class Italian. Stands for "With Out Papers." Started when there was a big Italian emigration to the U.S., and many were coming in illegally (with out papers). Also could mean "Working On Pavement", or refer to "guappo," (pronounced "woppo") a slang Italian (Neapolitan dialect) word meaning criminal or bully (strong person).
Yaku Whites 1960's Black Panther slang. Still used today
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.
Zipperhead Asians Coined by US soldiers during Korean War. Also used in the film Full Metal Jacket. MULTIPLE reasons have been submitted:

1) If Asians were shot in the head with high-powered weapons, their heads would split as if you unzipped them

2) Vietnam War slang for "Zero Intelligence Potential" (IE: just kill them, no reason to interrorgate them)

3) Many times the Asians would be run over by military Jeeps, which left tire tracks on them that resembled zippers.

4) Asians tend to part their hair down the middle, leaving a zipper-like strip.

5) I'm not sure if the military used body bags to transfer dead enemy soldiers, but theres a possibly reference to the zipper on said bag.

6) WWII Japanese pilots wore leather helmets with zippers down the middle