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Slur | Represents | Reason & Origins |
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Bai Tou | Whites | Mandarin Chinese term meaning "white head". |
Bee-Keeper | Afghans | Because Arab women are clothed from head to toe, even their faces, and they look like bee keepers. |
Biscuit Head | Koreans | KATUSAS - Koreans augmented to the United States Army, commonly referred to as Biscuit Heads by American GI's, because of their square heads. |
BMO | Arabs | Muslim Women. Stands for Black Moving Objects - refers to the complete head-to-toe black dress of Muslim women. |
Boche | Germans | The French called the Germans this in WWII. "Boche" is short for "alcaboche" or cabbage-head. |
Buddhahead | Hawaiians | Hawaiian-born Japanese Americans. Originally from "buta-head" meaning pig-headed since Hawaiians were stubborn compared to their mainland counterparts. See: "kotonk" |
Burr Head | Blacks | Hair Texture. |
Burrito | Hispanics | Comes from the old adage you are what you eat. Also burrito-head, burrito-brain, etc. |
Cabezita Negra | Hispanics | What whites in Argentina call mestizo people who are darker and poorer. It means Little Black Head; Most of the Argentinians from european heritage either have blonde or light colored hair. |
Champiņon | Ecuadorians | Champiņon is used by Spaniards to refer to Ecuadorian immigrants in Spain. In Spanish, champiņon means mushroom. The stereotypical person from Ecuador is short with a big head, giving the appearance of a mushroom. |
Curb-Biter | Blacks | Having someone bite the curb and kicking him in the back of the head is a painful way to kill someone. Often, as in the movie American History X, it is used as punishment for insubordinate blacks. |
Diaper-Head | Arabs | Same idea as Towel-head or Rag-head. |
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. |
Eraser Head | Blacks | During the late 80's and early 90's it was popular for blacks to cut their hair at an angle, forming a bevel that look similar to those pink erasers that you used in grade school. |
Fischkopf | Germans | "Fish-head" used by southern Germans for northern Germans |
Flash | Americans | Fucking Lazy American Shit Head. Used by Israelis to refer to American tourists who are accustomed to an easier standard of living. Compare with "dib" entry in list. |
Gorilla Head | Whites | Popular White 80s hairstyle called a 'mullet' is similar to a gorilla: short on top and long in the back. Countless small-town White folk still sport them. |
Head Hunters | Polynesians | Many Polynesian cultures have practiced head hunting. |
Head-bangers | Muslims | As stipulated by their religion, believers in Islam pray in the direction of Mecca 5 times per day. Bowing of the head is required; hence a head banging motion. |
HNIC | Blacks | Acronym for "Head Nigger In Charge." Used by Morgan Freeman's character in "Lean on Me." |
Hohol | Ukranians | Derived from the typical rural Ukranian haircut of the 19th century: a shaved head with a "hohol"- a single strand of hair hanging to the side. Used by Russians. Used to mean "ignorant Ukranian" |
Jar-Head/Jarhead | Americans | U.S. Marines have haircuts that look like lids on jars. |
Kaaskop | Dutch | Dutch for "Cheese head". Refers to improvised helmets made of cheesbuckets, as worn by millitant farmers during the 80-year war. |
Khokhol | Ukrainians | Comes from a traditional Ukranian Cossak haircut, where all head was shaved, except the cock in front of the head. |
Kotonk | Japanese | Mainland-Born Japanese-Americans when a Buddhahead would beat a mainland kids head, the hollow sound coming from the head was "kotonk, kotonk." See: Buddhahead. |
Milk Dud | Blacks | A black person with a shaved head. |
Milkhead | Whites | Very white with a big head. Can be heard in John Waters' "Female Trouble" |
Muffin-head | Blacks | Reference to the popular black hair style of afro's. |
Nappy Head | Blacks | Refers to hair type. |
Patty | Whites | Whites used to pat black people on top of thier head for good luck. Blacks reffered to whites as patty. |
Pointy-Head | Asians | J. W. Pepper says it a number of times in "The Man with the Golden Gun" while speaking to some Asians in Bangkok. |
Pookie | Blacks | In the movie "New Jack City" Chris Rock played a black/crack-head named Pookie |
Potato Head | Irish | The Irish grow potatoes. |
Pube Head | Blacks | Black persons hair appears to be pubic. |
Q-Tip Head | Arabs | Turbans/other headdress |
Rag-head | Arabs | Referring to common head dressings of middle easterners. |
Rope-Head | Blacks | Name for younger black women who use thick, braided hair weaves because the end result often looks like rope. |
Ruble Head | Russians | Originated because of the national currency and it's origin. |
Shovel-Head | Koreans | Believed their heads look like shovels. Also shovel-face |
Slope Head | Asians | Their faces are rather slopped |
Sponge Head | Blacks | African's naturally bouncy/kinky hair, when uncut, tends to be big and poofy when dried out. When you sqeeze it it seems as if it would bounce back at release |
Squarehead | Scandanavians | Shape of head, late 19th/early 20th century American word. Applies to all Scandinavians. |
Squarehead | Albanians | Many Albanians seem to have a square head |
Tape Head | Asians | Facial characteristics--slanted eyes as if someone pulled back their eyes using Scotch tape around the back of their head. |
Target | Indians | The dot on their head looks like a laser sight. |
Tonk | Mexicans | Illegal Mexican immigrants. "Tonk" is the sound that is made when the illegals are hit over the head with the large flashlights/batons that the US border patrolmen carry. |
Towel-head | Arabs | Referring to a popular Muslim headdress. Also: Rag-head. |
Tuft | Greeks | Many Greeks wear their hair high on the front of their head, apparently because they use it for protection when in a fight |
Tupperware Head | Austrians | Related to slur "Boxhead" for Germans.. it's a slightly more efficient and cleaner version of a box. |
Velcro-head | Blacks | Characteristics of the hair. |
Wool Head | Blacks | Self-explanatory. |
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 |