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Found 10 results for Land Torpedo:

Slur Represents Reasons/Origins
Land TorpedoArabsCar bombers.
DrybackCanadiansCanadian cross the border on land mostly unlike many Mexicans who do so via the Rio Grande (see Wetback)
DykeDutchThe country owes its existence to the many dikes that were used to reclaim land from the sea, also from the story of the Dutch boy who used his finger to plug a leaking dike to save his town. Van Dyk/Dijk/Dyke is also a very distinctive Dutch last name.
HollowheadDutch"Holland" originally comes from the words "Hollow Land" because it's so flat
Mow-MowBlacksRefers to the Mau Mau movement in Kenya , that rose up in protest to the theft of their land by the British. Mau Mau is european-invented name; the Gikuyu people is the Kenyan name.
PatelIndiansMeans "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.
SleestackBlacksFrom "Land of the Lost." The Sleestacks were stupid, slow, and apparently very lazy. They could never catch Chaka.
Sun GoblinArabsSmall, ulgly, vicious creatures of a sunny land
TerroneItaliansSouthern Italians. Any Italian living more south than Rome, very offensive, describes living standards and cultural differences from the more European north. The Italian word "Terra" means land or dirt so a Terrone is one who works with the land.
Wandering JewJewsThe jews wandered the desert for 40 years after crossing the red sea to get out of egypt, before reaching the holy-land.

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