List of ethnic slurs
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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. |
| Cwja | Deysachin | Caseans | Likely originating as Caseic-sounding gibberish. Not often intended as an insult |
| 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. |
| Ia'qa' | T'vaqi | Deysachni | From Hapšâw'l haka. |
| 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" |
| Yahggi | Deysachin | 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". |
| Yak | T'vaqi | Akarians | Term borrowed from the Karinian language, often written as iaq in the T'vaqi script. |