ETHNIC SLUR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethnic slur mean? 

• ETHNIC SLUR (noun)
  The noun ETHNIC SLUR has 1 sense:

1. a slur on someone's race or language

  Familiarity information: ETHNIC SLUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHNIC SLUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slur on someone's race or language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ethnic slur" is a kind of...):

aspersion; slur (a disparaging remark)

Domain member usage:

coolie; cooly ((ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer)

hymie; kike; sheeny; yid ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew)

Chinaman; chink ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent)

Mick; Mickey; Paddy ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent)

dago; ginzo; greaseball; Guinea; wop ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent)

spic; spick; spik ((ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent)

greaser; taco; wetback ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent)

picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)