In article ,
Gunner wrote:

Amazing list of mostly derogatory terms mostly snipped. (Where
did you find all of these, anyway? Have you been collecting them for
years?) You hit a lot which I have never heard, even as part of the
demographic which supposedly used them. And some are *very* antique,
and almost certainly out of circulation by now.

I remember at least one couple which I wanted to comment on as I
read the list. And I find myself wondering whether most of these are
only used among the English-speaking people of the non-English-speaking
countries specified.

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Ape Candy - Whites who date blacks.

Note that I have seen "ape" used to refer to the less civilized
among the motorcycle riding public. In particular, the high-rise
handlebars labeled "ape hangers".

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barbarian - Ancient Greece, any non-Greek (derived from the Greek

Note that it could also come from Spanish -- as someone who is
"con barba" is someone who wears a beard.

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Ones like the following could have benefited form having the
second (and subsequent) lines indented to show that they were
continuations, e.g.


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charlie - U.S., a Vietnamese person (shortened from radio code for the
Vietcong (V.C.): "Victor Charlie")
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Would become:
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charlie - U.S., a Vietnamese person (shortened from radio code for the
Vietcong (V.C.): "Victor Charlie")
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thus minimizing confusion.

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wog - U.K., a dark-skinned national of a Colonial British colony; also
Australia, a Mediterranean-European (especially Greek or Italian) person
(or any foreigner). It may have originated in Empire days in sub-Asia as
a mandated term of respect, Worthy Oriental Gentleman, then abbreviated.

I have heard that it was supposed to be "Worshipful Oriental
Gentleman", and that when it was introduced (intending to eliminate the
derogatory terms then in use, the abbreviation was introduced in the
same sentence. ( "... - wog for sort." )

Enjoy,
DoN.

P.S. Is there *anyone* who you have not insulted by that collection. :-)
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