ethnic slur

ethnic slur
noun
a slur on someone's race or language
Members of this Usage Domain:
blackamoor, ↑darky, ↑darkie, ↑darkey, ↑boy, ↑nigger, ↑nigga, ↑spade, ↑coon, ↑jigaboo, ↑nigra, ↑Tom, ↑Uncle Tom, ↑coolie, ↑cooly, ↑kike, ↑hymie, ↑sheeny, ↑yid, ↑chink, ↑Chinaman, ↑Paddy, ↑Mick, ↑Mickey, ↑wop, ↑dago, ↑ginzo, ↑Guinea, ↑greaseball, ↑spic, ↑spik, ↑spick, ↑greaser, ↑wetback, ↑taco, ↑pickaninny, ↑piccaninny, ↑picaninny
Hypernyms: ↑aspersion, ↑slur

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