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Slur	Represents	Reason & Origins
Bar Code	Jews	Jewish prisoners were tattooed with a number on their arm while in concentration camps. While the bar code was not invented(or at least patended) until after the war, this is a slur in common, although incorrect, usage.
Betty	Vietnamese	Bouncing Bettys in Vietnam War
Blackfoot	French	Possible reference to French-Indian War and/or WW1 and the general sense of French cowardess during wars. Since they had no boots due to the trenches eating them away, when they ran their feet became all covered in mud. Or French born in North Africa.
Butterhead	Japanese	Used by U.S. Marines in the Pacific Theater of WWII, and some survivors of it to this day. Refers to yellow skin tone of Japanese soldiers. Expression appears in some U.S. movies made during the war.
Canuck	Canadians	From Johnny Canuck, emerging in 1869 as a "younger, simpler cousin to America's Uncle Sam or Britain's John Bull." Reborn during World War II as Canada's 'defender from the Nazi menace.' Could only be a slur if you say it the right way.
Carpetbagger	Americans	During the post-Civil War reconstruction era, businessmen from the North moved to the South with their possessions in bags made out of cheap carpets.
Charlie	Vietnamese	Originated during the Vietnam War (1960-1974) from the phrase 'Viet Cong,' shortened to V.C., which in the military phonetic alphabet is 'Victor Charles' which gets you to 'Charlie.'
Commie	Russians	Originated during the cold war. Short for communist.
Confederate	Whites	Many people in the southern U.S. supported the confederacy in the Civil War, and still display their support with confederate flags. Increasingly being used by the media to denote KKK members who sometimes display the Confederate Battle Flag. The KKK is condemned by most "Confederate" organizations.
Coonass	Cajuns	The origin of the term is said to have come from the French word "conasse". During the Second World War, many Cajun men served in the armed forces. When in France, many of the French heard the Cajuns speaking in a French that was both very old and in a French that had some very odd words. The Frenchmen called the Cajuns "conasse" which translates to a very low-grade prostitute. I would think this comes from the fact that, although they spoke a form of French, the Cajuns weren't real Frenchmen. Another theory has it originating in South Louisiana, derived from the belief that Cajuns frequently ate raccoons.
Cotton-Picker	Blacks	Originates from pre-Civil War US. Refers to the slaves who picked cotton all day at the plantations.
Crunchy	Iraqis	Used by US Marines in the second Iraq war. When the US attacked Iraq, Saddam Hussein allegedly told his troops that the American tanks were made of cardboard. So the Iraqi soldiers would jump out in front of the tanks, they would make a crunching sound.
Dial	Jews	During WWII, the Nazis would make soap out of the fat of the burned Jews (Dial is a brand of soap). This story is said to be true, and also said to be merely war propaganda.
DP	Polish	"Dumb Polish," pronounced "deepee." After World War II, displaced refugees of Eastern European origin were referred as Displaced Persons, however, it stuck around even today to describe Polish immigrants.
El Chino	Chinese	It was used by Equadors in addressing Alberto Fujimori during war as a result of Berlin Congress in 19c where borders left apart. The war was almost on Cocain- main source for living in Latin America. Fujimori is Japanese decent, immigrated to Peru at 5.
Gook	Vietnamese	Term most likely dates back to the Philippine-American War (~1900) and has been used against a wide range of peoples, usually Asians but occasionally Europeans and even the English. Unknown origins, possibly "goo-goo," from the Tagalog language (a major language spoken in the Philippines). Although many have it originating in Korea either by referring Korea's original name, "Hanguk", or during the Korean War when Koreans would ask American GI's "Mi Guk?" ("American?" in Korean) which sounded like they were saying "Me gook." Was soon adopted for use in the Vietnam War. Technically this should only apply to Koreans, but the Vietnam War made it most popular when applied towards the Vietnamese.
Harbor-Bomber	Japanese	The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, which caused the US to enter World War II.
Huk	Filipinos	HUKbong Bayang Laban sa Hapon (Citizens' Forces Against the Japanese). Guerilla group that fought against the Japanese in World War II. Continued armed resistance while Americans were waiting for MacArthur to return.
Jerry	Germans	Apparently used since World War I. Jerry was a British nickname for "chamberpot", and was a reference to the shape of the helmets the germans wore in WWI.
Jim Crow	Blacks	Used a lot during the Civil War. He was a stereotypical minstrel show character, history described here. Also used to describe segregationist laws in the south, but I recently read about a bus driver who was fired for using the term to describe a black person.
Joe	Americans	Were referred to as "G.I. Joe" in World War II.
Johnny Reb	Whites	Refers to the Rebels in the American Civil War, AKA Southerners
Kaaskop	Dutch	Dutch for "Cheese head". Refers to improvised helmets made of cheesbuckets, as worn by millitant farmers during the 80-year war.
Kafir	Africans	Referring to Black Africans. Kafir is an Arabic word with meanings similar to Goy or Goyim of the Jews, only describing any non-Muslim person in a derogatory way. S. African Kaffir possibly imported during the Boer War by British soldiers who had fought in the Sudanese campaign. It just means those who are not in whatever religion the Arabic speaker adheres to (Christianity or Islam). It can be negative if someone uses a negative, derogatory tone of voice, but the word itself isn't "bad" used that way.
Kaiser	Germans	Referance to World War One.
Kamikaze	Japanese	Some Japanese pilots(called Kamikaze) were trained to make a suicidal crash attack durin World War II.
Kwai-lo	Whites	Literally meaning "Ghost person/guy". In Cantonese, it's "guih lo". Somewhat popular...used to refer to the presence of British people (whites) when China and Britan were at war, towards the end of the 19th century, and the beginning of the 20th. Can be insulting if said the right way
Labanc	Austrians	Reference to the clothing worn by Austrian troops during the Hungarian war for independence .
Lobsterback	British	Redcoats in Revolutionary War.
Lucius	Blacks	Commonly used on poor black people. During the period prior to the Civil War, many blacks were named after famous Romans (e.g. Lucius, Marcus, Scipio, etc.)
Lynch-monger	Whites	Comes from Whites lynching Blacks before and around US Civil War times. "Monger" meaning someone who promotes this practice.
Mister Charles	Vietnamese	Used during the vietnam war referring to VC or Victor Charlie.
Mof/Moffen	Germans	Used by the Dutch in the 2nd World War.
Mung	Vietnamese	Vietnamese people that were relocated to America by the US government during and after the Vietnam War. It's actually the correct pronunciation of the word "Hmong", mountain-dwelling people inhabiting southeastern China and the northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Also used derisively to apply to all Asian persons. Also a type of bean/bean sprout used in oriental cuisine.
Napalm	Vietnamese	Napalm was used during the Vietnam war.
Night Fighter	Black	Was probably originally coined in the Boer War when the British/Afrikaaneers were fighting the Zulus
Old Brown Tucker	Blacks	Slur for an old African American man. Comes from a popular song during the time of the Civil War.
Oven-Baked	Jews	World War II reference.
Oven-Dweller	Jews	World War II reference.
Peckerwood	Whites	Originated in the South (pre-Civil War by the slaves). Comes from red-necked woodpecker. See: Redneck
Plow Jockey	Blacks	Blacks used to work the plows before the Civil War.
Quadroon	African Americans	A person who is 1/4 Black. Coined during the Civil War, referring to how White you had to be in order to serve in the army.
Red Coat	British	Used during the Revolutionary War, because of the Red coats the British army wore.
Rice Ball	Asians	Used in the Vietnam War to describe the enemy at times.
Rifle-Dropper	French	Inability to win a war since Napoleanic times - loss of their colonies and their surrender of their homeland
Rooinek	British	This derogatory name was used by the Boers to describe the British primarily after the Anglo-Boer war which lasted from 1899-1902.
Ruskie	Russians	The Russian word for the Russian language is pronounced "pa-rooski." Was popular during the Cold War.
Snowflake	Blacks	Was used to indicate an educated black man during the civil war; white collar blacks were pretty rare - only white people had desk jobs.
Sway	Blacks	They tended to sway from trees back in the Civil War days.
Target	Iraqis	Gulf War related.
Uncle Ben's Boys	Vietnamese	From the Vietnam War, referring to Vietnamese soldiers, due to large number of rice patties.
VC	Asians	Term used to describe "Viet Cong" during the Vietnam War. Often used now to group all Asians as the enemy or as untrustworthy.
Victor Charlie	Vietnamese	From the Vietnam War. US Military radio code breakdown for "Vietcong"
Wahoo	Native Americans	War Cry, there was also a famous Native American wrestler named Wahoo McDaniel in the 80's.
War Whoop	Native Americans	Refers to the traditional Native American war cry.
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.
Yankee Doodle	Americans	Used by the British Army to make fun of the rag-tag American army in the revolutionary war.
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

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