Question:
Derogatory term for Americans?
Mussman
2010-04-06 04:58:47 UTC
I was looking at Wikipedia's list of racial and ethnic slurs, but when I came to Americans, there were only three of them. Keep in mind, I am an American. I just think it's unfair that we are able to call these people names and they don't have enough ammo to insult us back. Here's the ones I could think of for now, but I want you guys to help me come up with something that really digs in.

Yank -- Short for "yankee," a term they embrace. Fail. They even sang that song the Brittish used against them in their own favor and named a baseball team after it.

Merkin -- Short for "American." I think this has potential. The only only problem is that Merkins are too dumb to understand it.

Septic -- Cogney slang used because "yank" rhymes with "septic tank." It's quite insulting when you hear the history behind it, but kind of falls on it's face when said alone.

WASP -- Stands for "white Anglo-Saxon protestant," which applies to all white people, not just Americans. Aside from that, it's more offensive on paper than when said aloud.
[Let it be known that I am also very white]

All of these are good, but none have the power of say, "spearchucker" or "greaseball." So, if you could call an American a horribly mean ethnic slur (me included), what would it be?

Peace out, fellow Murkins!
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lexiana
2010-04-06 05:02:22 UTC
lol From where I stand, which happens to be in New Zealand, it's sort of like you say "American" and that's it - enough said. Hehe good point though.



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anonymous
2016-11-06 02:08:22 UTC
Derogatory Terms For Americans
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2015-08-14 04:55:28 UTC
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Derogatory term for Americans?

I was looking at Wikipedia's list of racial and ethnic slurs, but when I came to Americans, there were only three of them. Keep in mind, I am an American. I just think it's unfair that we are able to call these people names and they don't have enough ammo to insult us back. ...
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Pacific Islanders (Hawaii, Marianas, etc.) sometimes use the term, "Howlie" Meaning, literally "off-islander or outsider" but I've heard it used both as a term of reference and of defamation depending on the tone and the circumstance...guess that's true with a lot of those terms isn't it?
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2014-02-16 17:11:02 UTC
FROM ITALY

Don't worry americans have many derogatory terms in Italy, we call americans "Mutts from a melting pots place since you are all mixed with africans and mexicans, or "hamburger with legs" or fat dumb and ugly that is used all over europe, check on yahoo

or ame xican since america border with mexico and 8 states was part of mexico. or willy bill timmy, or wallace or ohhh yeahhh givemme a biggamacc, orrr righttt yeah yeahhyh
UbuntuFanatic
2013-11-30 13:29:59 UTC
I live in Canada, and out here the term 'American' is derogatory in and of itself.
Miss Heathen
2014-11-15 18:18:48 UTC
Fascist Pigs.
soccash
2015-02-13 03:57:17 UTC
The Bengali term for American is Merkin (মার্কিন)
anonymous
2016-09-11 14:54:00 UTC
Pseudo Jews - Practically the only country on the planet that practices circumcision to the extent that Israel does.
Jim
2010-04-06 05:05:07 UTC
Ugly American.


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