A list of 22 words by bilby.
- skinnywas added by bilby and appears on 26 lists
- zipperheadwas added by bilby and appears on 7 lists
- johnnywas added by bilby and appears on 16 lists
- russkieswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- pinkoswas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- commieswas added by bilby and appears on 7 lists
- towelheadwas added by bilby and appears on 7 lists
- squareheadwas added by bilby and appears on 9 lists
- hunwas added by bilby and appears on 22 lists
- f---ing hajiwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- separationwas added by bilby and appears on 23 lists
- gookswas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
- yankeeswas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- sand niggerswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- hajjiswas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- horrieswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- vcwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- japswas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- nipswas added by bilby and appears on 8 lists
- krautswas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- jerrywas added by bilby and appears on 14 lists
- klauswas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- fritzwas added by bilby and appears on 19 lists
rolig commented on the list war-die-them
Is there a -nym word for such expressions? A misonym? misethnonym? Maybe the best would be misoxenonym (a name for others we hate).
December 10, 2007
bilby commented on the list war-die-them
I can't think of a silk cut -nym but my inner neologist is starting to twitch.
December 11, 2007
pomegranate commented on the list war-die-them
Then there are spics, wops, dagos, polacks, micks, haolis (sp?), honkeys, and bigots!
December 11, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list war-die-them
...What does it mean that my first thought on reading pomegranate's comment was not "oh, that's horrible, look at all those nasty words," but instead, "that's not how that word is spelled"?
Sigh. At least I found a home on Wordie.
December 12, 2007
bilby commented on the list war-die-them
I have changed the focus of this list a bit. De-humanising the enemy is what it's about. I'm not particularly fascinated by racial abuse for its own sake.
December 13, 2007
yarb commented on the list war-die-them
Squareheads and hun were words commonly used to refer to the Germans in the WW2 comics I read as a nipper (inherited from Dad, dating from the 50's). Hun was usually prefixed with "the dirty". You already have Fritz and krauts.
June 4, 2008
dontcry commented on the list war-die-them
I'm part camel jockey/sand scratcher, according to some folks. Camel jockey gives me an visual of the Kentucky Derby with camels and dunes...funny! Sand scratcher just makes me think of a litter box.
June 5, 2008
bilby commented on the list war-die-them
I remember the same comics yarb, good suggestion. Camel racing is quite a thing in some places dc, even in Australia.
June 5, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the list war-die-them
What about towelheads? It's an awful word, but I still see it written on bathroom stalls sometimes.
June 5, 2008
dontcry commented on the list war-die-them
For the record, they don't wear towels on their heads. They're actually more like little sheets. I'm sure that the folks who wear them would appreciate it if we would take the time to be accurate and refer to them instead as little sheet heads.
June 6, 2008
dontcry commented on the list war-die-them
Bilby, that nails it! I'm totally going down under (that's not dirty, is it?)!
Do you refer to America (among other things...)as up-over?
June 6, 2008
rolig commented on the list war-die-them
How about some Cold War abuse: commies, pinkos, russkies? (This last is typical of the way people take an endonym, like russkiy or Polak, and turn it into a pejorative.)
June 6, 2008