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Slur | Represents | Reason & Origins |
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Boche | Germans | The French called the Germans this in WWII. "Boche" is short for "alcaboche" or cabbage-head. |
Bomb Watcher | Japanese | Refers to atom bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII. |
Briar | Whites | Term probably comes from the briar bushes found in Appalachian states. Variant: briar-hopper. Applied locally to redneck Kentucky native or other southerner from Appalachia who resettled in Southwestern Ohio during or after WWII in search of factory jobs. |
Butterfingers | French | Started during WWII when the French were occupied by the Germans and were forced to "drop" all their weapons. |
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. |
Campers | Jews | WWII reference and the propensity of Jewish parents to send their children to summer camps. |
Cheesehead | Dutch | Used by Germans during WWII, still very offensive today |
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. |
Easy-Bake Nigger | Jews | WWII reference. |
Firewood | Jews | WWII Holocaust reference. 'Nazi Firewood' to be more specific. |
Fritz | Germans | Russians in WWII called Germans Fritzes, a common German name in those days (short for Friedrich). Also, Germany was ruled by several emperors (Kaiser) with the name Friedrich. |
German Oven Mitt | Jews | WWII. |
Grout | Germans | WWII. |
Hickory-Smoked | Jews | WWII. |
Japansy | Japanese | WWII (sneak attack) |
Jesus Killer | Jews | Christians in the times of WWII when the Jews were most hated used this slur as a reason to hate Jews. |
Schmeisser | Germans | WWII term for a German soldier, derived from a machine gun of the same make. |
Six-Weeker | French | Derogatory term used by Germans due to the quick collapse of France during WWII. |
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 |