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Definition of Ethnic slur
1. Noun. A slur on someone's race or language.
Examples of language type: Darkey, Darkie, Darky, Boy, Coon, Jigaboo, Nigga, Nigger, Nigra, Spade, Tom, Uncle Tom, Coolie, Cooly, Hymie, Kike, Sheeny, Yid, Chinaman, Chink, Mick, Mickey, Paddy, Dago, Ginzo, Greaseball, Guinea, Wop, Spic, Spick, Spik, Greaser, Taco, Wetback, Picaninny, Piccaninny, Pickaninny, Blackamoor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethnic Slur
Literary usage of Ethnic slur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... to oneself or one's group by taking public umbrage at some term or other as
an ethnic slur. The verb gyp, reports Safire 1986, is one of those words. ..."
2. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"They considered it both a religious insult and an ethnic slur. Later that evening,
Blaine attended a lavish fund-raising dinner at the fashionable ..."
3. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"They considered it both a religious insult and an ethnic slur. Later that evening,
Blaine attended a lavish fund-raising dinner at the fashionable ..."
4. Police Practices and Civil Rights in New York City: A Report of the United edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"... civilian complaints of ethnic slur have decreased 34.8% from 1998 to 1999;
and the incentive to enforce civilian rights is the officer's own integrity, ..."
5. State of California Commission on Judicial Performance: 1996 Annual Report by Victoria B. Henley (1998)
"... referred to staff members using crude and demeaning names and descriptions
and an ethnic slur, referred to a fellow jurist's physical attributes in a ..."
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