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| [[Niueyjara people]]
| [[Niueyjara people]]
| Context-dependent. The word {{lang|ca|Churog}} denotatively refers to a [[churg]], but can be used derogatorily to refer to Niueyjara people.
| Context-dependent. The word {{lang|ca|Churog}} denotatively refers to a [[churg]], but can be used derogatorily to refer to Niueyjara people.
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|Cwja
|[[Deysachin]]
|Caseans
|Likely originating as [[Caseic language|Caseic]]-sounding gibberish. Not often intended as an insult
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| Deysachino
| Deysachino
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|[[Merriyem]]
|[[Merriyem]]
|Meaning "Bog Person", a great insult to the Merriyem faith, which considers bogs to be evil
|Meaning "Bog Person", a great insult to the Merriyem faith, which considers bogs to be evil
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| Qunyaru, Nyaru, Qunya
| [[Kalam|Kalami]]
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| [[T'vaqi|T'vaqi people]]
| Shortened from [[Maichun]] "Qunya rua" meaning "Smoke person" in reference to T'vaqi people's skin tone. The term originated during the [[Tricade war]], being popularized by sensational news outlets.
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| Fish-fucker
| Fish-fucker
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| Foreigners, usually Deysachni
| Foreigners, usually Deysachni
| From Deysachni ''hak''.
| From Deysachni ''hak''.
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| Ia'qa'
| [[T'vaqi]]
| [[Deysachin|Deysachni]]
| From Hapšâw'l ''haka''.
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| Maldeko
| Maldeko
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|Nremkar
|Nremkar
|Utlia
|Utlia
|Karinians
|[[Karinian]]s
|From the Utyis Nremsey (Idiot)
|From the Utyis Nremsey (Idiot)
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|[[Merriyem]]
|[[Merriyem]]
|A mocking of the Mersene phrase "Wei Geb Yon" meaning "In Good health", used by Utlian soldiers in the [[First Merriyem Uprising]], due to its similarity to the Utyis "Wyket Byo" literally meaning "Bloody Slaughter"
|A mocking of the Mersene phrase "Wei Geb Yon" meaning "In Good health", used by Utlian soldiers in the [[First Merriyem Uprising]], due to its similarity to the Utyis "Wyket Byo" literally meaning "Bloody Slaughter"
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|Yahggi
|[[Deysachin]]
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|[[T'vaqi|T'vaqii]]
|From T'vaqii ''Ia'qa''', possible pun on ''Yoggn'', a word which literally means "trawler" but is often used in a metaphorical sense as "monsterous".
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|[[Yak]]
|[[T'vaqi]]
|[[Akarian]]s
|Term borrowed from the [[Karinian language]], often written as ''iaq'' in the [[T'vaqi alphabet|T'vaqi script]].
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Revision as of 13:10, 23 August 2026

The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnic, national, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner.

Term Location of origin Targets Meaning, origin and notes
Churg, Churog Caseic Archipelago Niueyjara people Context-dependent. The word Churog denotatively refers to a churg, but can be used derogatorily to refer to Niueyjara people.
Deysachino Faltir Deysachni Pronounced /dɛisaʃiːno/.
Direleko Utlia Merriyem Meaning "Bog Person", a great insult to the Merriyem faith, which considers bogs to be evil
Qunyaru, Nyaru, Qunya Kalami T'vaqi people Shortened from Maichun "Qunya rua" meaning "Smoke person" in reference to T'vaqi people's skin tone. The term originated during the Tricade war, being popularized by sensational news outlets.
Fish-fucker Kawakian Sorewa Used to imply backwardness and general immorality. Fish are a major symbol used by the Sorewa.
Haka Hapšâw'l Foreigners, usually Deysachni From Deysachni hak.
Maldeko Tieteran Groups with X fingers or less Historically these groups were heavily persecuted and therefore the targets of various derogatory terms
Montagnero Rossan Montagneri Literally "mountain person", historically used in derogatory manner, sometimes against members of the urban population to imply primitiveness and stupidity. In the absence of other common terms the word eventually became adopted by the Montagneri themselves.
Mountain pig Rossan Montagneri In reference to the wooly mountain hogs herded by Montagnero hoggards, making a comparison of largeness and rotundness.
Nremkar Utlia Karinians From the Utyis Nremsey (Idiot)
Samfelak Niueyjara Foreigners
Shinehead Deysachni Bald people, usually Okriti In Deysachin, baldness is considered a highly undesirable and hideous trait.
Tolio T'vaqi Rossans From the Rossan city Tolia and the T'vaqi soup of the same name, originally in reference to Dux Vincenzo Barozzo di Tolia. Often used to imply greed, stupidity and boastfulness.
Vidžabêgâl Hapšâw'l Dzeyyal pronounced /vidʒɑbɘ'gʌl/, meaning branch chewer, branch chewing is not a common practice among the Dzeyyal.
Wykebyo Utlia Merriyem A mocking of the Mersene phrase "Wei Geb Yon" meaning "In Good health", used by Utlian soldiers in the First Merriyem Uprising, due to its similarity to the Utyis "Wyket Byo" literally meaning "Bloody Slaughter"