This is a list of common [[United States|American]] and [[Great Britain|British]] [[Commonwealth]] words and phrases based on racial, ethnic, religious, regional or other [[stereotype]]s. A majority of these are considered universally offensive.
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==Asian==
* '''Driving While Asian''', suggests Asians cannot drive well. [http://www.listener.co.nz/default,498.sm]
* '''[[Model minority]]''', term for overachieving Asians [http://www.themodelminority.com/]
* '''[[Rice burner]]''' or '''[[Rice rocket]]''', a cosmetically "tricked-out" small Asian automobile. Properly refers to the origin of the vehicles most often modified in this way, rather than to the ethnicity of the driver. [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rice+burner]
==Chinese==
* '''[[Chinaman's chance]]''', having no chance at all. [http://www.modelminority.com/article259.html]
* '''Chinese control''', taking 25 of a possible 26 points in a round of the card game '''[[Hearts (game)|Hearts]]''' (worst possible score for one hand).
* '''[[Chinese fire drill]]''', practical joke where all occupants of a vehicle get out and change seats at a stoplight. [http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19961008]
* '''[[Shanghai woman]]''' : an English expression for a prostitute
==Dutch==
* '''[[Dutch auction]]''', a special form of multiple-item auction where each winning bidder pays the same price per item (In Dutch, the term is "Chinese auction") It is arguable that this is based upon a commercial innovation and not on a stereotype.
* '''[[Dutch courage]]''', drunken bravery. [http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayingsd.htm]
* '''[[Dutch treat]]''' or '''Going Dutch''', having to pay for one's own food or entertainment. [http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/D0437700.html]
*'''[[Dutch uncle]]''', a term for a person who sternly lectures, comments or criticizes with unsparing severity and blunt frankness, to educate, encourage or admonish someone, often with benevolent intent, as though an elder relative or "uncle."
*'''[[Dutch wife]]''', a prostitute or a sex doll (from Japanese usage)
*'''[[Double Dutch]]''', talk or writing that is nonsense or that you cannot understand. Referring to the difficult and hard to understand [[Dutch language]].
*'''[[Dutch oven]]''', passing gas whilst in a confined area in an attempt to intensify the effect of the odor on those around you.
*'''[[diaphragm (contraceptive)|Dutch cap]]''', a [[diaphragm (contraceptive)|diaphragm]].
*To be '''in dutch with''' is to be in disfavor; "If we don't get back before dinner is served I'll be in dutch with my girlfriend something fierce."
==French==
*'''French letter''', slang term for condom.
*'''French pox''', slang term for [[syphillis]].
*'''French whore''' ("you smell like a French whore"), a term for someone who smells strongly of cheap [[perfume]] or [[aftershave]].
==Irish==
The near-universal reputation of the Irish as hard drinkers and fighters means that the word "Irish" can be conjoined with almost any other word [[neologism|on the spot]] and have a good chance of the meaning being understood. For example: '''Irish Tea''': hard liquor. Similar conditions prevail for the Dutch and the French.
* '''[[Irish twins]]''', two siblings born within the same year (9 to 12 months apart) based on the stereotype that the Irish had/have too many children. [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-iri1.htm]
* '''[[Paddywagon]]''', based on the stereotype that most cops in the United States were Irish or of Irish descent in the 19th century. [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=paddywagon]
*'''Irish Confetti''', A brick or other object thrown during a fight or riot.
*'''Irish Flu''', a [[hangover]], especially one so intense it causes one to miss work. Based on the sterotype of the Irish as heavy drinkers.
==Jewish==
* '''Jew down''', to haggle or negotiate a better price (from the stereotype that Jewish people are miserly with money.)
* '''Jew someone out of something''', to cheat them
* '''Jewish car wash''', taking your car for a drive in the rain to get it clean, rather than pay for it to go through a car wash [http://www.tolerance.org/speakup/family_sibling.html]
* '''Jewish Lightning''', practice of intentionally setting fire to your home or business to collect insurance money.
==Roma ("Gypsy")==
* '''[[Roma and Sinti|Gyp]]''' (verb), to cheat [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3606900].
==White==
* '''[[White trash]]''', a term of insult directed at American whites who are from rural areas and/or have a low socio-economic status and/or a less than college education. [http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1202/t_cover.html]
* '''[[White cracker|Cracker]]''', a term of insult directed at American whites who are from urban or suburban areas and have a high socio-economic status and/or higher than a college education.
==United Kingdom==
*'''[[Croydon facelift]]''', a severe hairstyle, associated with working class females (''See: [[chav]]'')
*'''Mondeo man''', equivalent to "[[Essex man]]", a derogatory term for an unsophisticated working class man. The name comes because of the popularity of the [[Ford Mondeo]] car among lower socio - economic groups in the UK, widely associated with the [[chav]] stereotype. It was also used by [[New Labour]] politicians who wanted to win over working - class voters from the Conservative Party. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4119695.stm]
*'''[[Wiktionary:Welsh|Welsh]]er, someone who refuses to pay off their bets (unclear whether the etymology of this word has a racial origin).
==References==
* Mike Gibson, [http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1202/t_cover.html Taking Out the Trash: What does "White Trash" mean in the 21st Century?]. ''Metro Pulse''. Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* Pamela Stirling, [http://www.listener.co.nz/default,498.sm Driving While Asian]. ''New Zealand Listener''. Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* [http://www.themodelminority.com/ Themodelminority.com]. Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* Ling-Chi Wang, [http://www.modelminority.com/article259.html The Sad Truth About Chinese Americans]. Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* [http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayindex.htm Expressions & Sayings]. Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* [http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm Worldwidewords.org]. Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
==See also==
* [[List of ethnic slurs]]
* [[List of sexual slurs]]
* [[Term of disparagement]]
* [[Non-sexist language]]
[[Category:Lists of phrases]]
[[Category:Pejoratives]]
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