Asians

People from or with ancestry from the Asian continent, the world's largest and most populous continent.

Term Origin Meaning
Azn Asians who spend too much time online and so use "l33t," the "hacker" language.
Banana An Asian American who has lost their heritage. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
Bananame Combines "banana" and "anime." Refers to Asians, especially Filipinos, who are fixated on Japanese pop culture (anime, music, etc.), only date Japanese people, or try to be Japanese.
Bandwidth Nigger/Whore Represents Asian players who, instead of using the Asian video game servers they are assigned, jump to a U.S. server and hog the bandwidth of U.S. users.
Bed Time Reference to their eyes.
Bruce Lee Refers to Bruce Lee, the Chinese American martial artist and actor.
Bruised Banana A "banana" who acts black.
Buddhahead A lot of Asians are Buddhists.
Bug-Eater Many Asians eat bugs such as locusts and grasshoppers.
Bukkakese Reference to the popular bukkake fetish (bukkake + Japanese).
Burnt Rice Darker-skinned Asians.
Can'ardly Short for "can hardly see." Originated in Australia.
Chap Chinese/Japanese mix.
Chinaman Dated, derogatory term for a Chinese person, applied to Asians generally.
Ching-Chong Typically used by schoolchildren in a derogatory manner towards Asian people.
Chinina The female version of "chino."
Chink One of the most widely used anti-Asian slurs. Origins are disputed: possibly from the Chinese word for China, from the sense of a narrow opening (referencing eye shape), or from the sound of railroad work performed by Chinese laborers in the 19th century.
Chinkerbell Combination of "Chink" and "Tinkerbell."
Coin Slot Reference to their eyes.
Cook Most Asians in non-Asian countries are cooks.
Coolie Term for unskilled Chinese workers, especially on U.S. railroads.
Data From the movie "The Goonies." Data was a stereotypical Asian child prodigy.
Dog-Eater They have been known to eat dogs; as seen on "Faces of Death" Volumes 1-6.
Dog-Muncher See Dog-Eater.
DWO Stands for "Driving While Oriental." Based on the idea that driving while Asian is just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated.
Egghead Asians, especially Koreans, have large heads.
Eggroll Refers to Asian babies, who are wrapped in blankets like egg rolls.
Fingernail Rancher A lot of Asians own Nail Salons.
Fishhead Japan's only true source of food is said to be the sea, so they eat a lot of fish.
Floss You can blindfold them with floss.
Gink Cross between "gook" and "chink."
Goldfish Monger A "fishmonger" is a Shakespearean term for a pimp, and there are many koi at Chinese restaurants.
Goloid Short for Mongoloid.
Gookemon Combination of "gook" and "Pokémon."
Grasshopper Keye Luke's protégé (the young Caine) from the TV series "Kung Fu." "Snatch the pebble from my hand, Grasshopper."
Grinder Can't drive manual transmission vehicles.
HAB Stands for "Hot Asian Bitch."
Ironing Board Ironing boards are flat, like the supposed Asian face or body.
Japanigger Describes Asians of unknown origin.
Jaundy Boy Comes from jaundice (hepatitis), which turns the skin yellow.
Junta Known as the ones who spend their time hanging around arcades, thinking they are all hard.
Knees Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc. Reference to the suffix "-nese."
Lego Shortened from "Lego man," the tiny yellow toy with missing genitalia.
Lemonhead Refers to skin color.
Little Hiroshima The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during WWII. The association between the city and Asian people in general has stuck. Refers mainly to Japanese.
Meat Pie "Yellow on the outside, black on the inside."
Miyagi From the movie "The Karate Kid."
Mushu Probably from an Asian kid on "Crank Yankers."
Ng Pronounced "ing." Ng is a very common Asian surname that is considered goofy and is used derogatorily.
Nikon Popular brand of camera. Asian tourists are known to take a lot of photographs.
Ninja The idea of ninjas comes from Asia.
Nuprin "Little, yellow, different."
Oriental Considered offensive because it dates back to "Orientalism," when Asians were considered savages and Asian women were all seen as sexual objects.
Ornamental From Oriental.
P-1 P-1 is a commonly used abbreviation in traffic collision reports for Party #1, who is normally the person at fault for a collision.
Pancake Facial characteristics.
Panhead Facial characteristics.
Patty Abundance of rice paddies in Asia.
Peeled Banana Americanized Asians who try to act like whites.
Ping-pang Mimics the way their language sounds to non-Asians.
Pizdaglaz Combination of the Russian words "pizda" ("cunt") and "glaz(a)" ("eyes"). Pronounced "peezdah-glahz."
Plate Tossers They supposedly name their kids by throwing plates down the stairs and seeing what sound it makes (Ching, Chong, Ding).
Pointy-Head J.W. Pepper says it a number of times in "The Man with the Golden Gun" while speaking to some Asians in Bangkok.
Post It Yellow and disposable. In reference to how Japan and China are said to treat their people and army.
Potato Queen Asian women who only date white men, typically overweight white businessmen.
Powerpoint Used mainly by Australians. Australian electrical outlets are commonly called "power points" and are said to look like a stick-figure drawing of an Asian face.
Protractor Refers to eyes in the shape of a protractor, with a 180-degree curve at the bottom and a straight line on top.
Pumpkinhead Asians have relatively large and round heads, which resemble Halloween pumpkins.
Quarter Jockey Asians who go to arcades and play one game for hours on a single quarter.
Raisin Approximates "Rolling Asian." Refers to an Asian who takes ecstasy (rolls), e.g., at a rave.
Random Used against Asian people, particularly in school settings, to imply that they are interchangeable or indistinct from one another.
Rangoon Chinese food (crab rangoon).
Rasian Term used to describe when an Asian drinks and turns really red.
Rice Ball Used in the Vietnam War to describe the enemy at times.
Rice Burner/Rice Rocket A person who drives an Asian car with modifications that are supposed to make it look faster but give no gain in performance. Shortened to "ricer."
Rice Nigger Similar to sand nigger, but for Asians.
Rice-Cooker Australian equivalent of "rice burner."
Rice-Eater Rice is a popular food among Asians.
Rice-Paddy Places where rice is grown in Asia and Japan.
Rice-Picker Because they pick rice. Probably the Asian version of "cotton picker."
SBH Stands for "Straight Black Hair."
Schlitzauge German word, literally "slit eye."
Seaweed-Sucker Seafood diet.
Simpson The characters in "The Simpsons" are yellow.
Slant Facial description referring to the eyes.
Slantey-eye'd Facial description referring to the eyes.
Sleepwalker Small eyes appear to be closed, even during the day.
Slit Another eye reference.
Slope Facial description. Also: "slopehead."
Slope Head Their faces are said to be rather sloped.
Slot Machine Their eyes look like coin slots.
Smack They look like they've been smacked in the forehead, giving a slope and a squint to their eye.
Socket Face Their eyes are slitted, like the electrical sockets on a wall.
Soy Sauce They love soy sauce.
Soyback Refers to Asians always using soy sauce.
Squint Facial reference.
Squint Nigger A derogatory term for an Asian indicating they have the social status of a Black person. Stems from the epicanthic fold in "Mongoloid" peoples, which Westerners interpret as squinting.
Sunny Side Up Used against Asians, referencing the egg yolk comparison to skin color and the shape of a fried egg to facial features.
Tab Stands for "Trendy Asian Bitch."
Table Face They tend to have flat faces.
Tai-chink Combination of "tai chi" and "chink"; refers to martial arts.
Tape Head Facial characteristics: slanted eyes, as if someone pulled back their eyes using Scotch tape around the back of their head.
Taxi Refers to yellow taxis, likened to Asian skin.
Test-Taker Asians are always taking standardized tests to further their education.
Thin-Eyed In Russian, "uzko glaziye" means "narrow-eyed" and is used for referring to all Far East Asians.
Tinty Their eyes are tinted, and can not be seen into, only out of. Also pertaining to Asian woman who sleep with numerous men in one night.
Tiny For their small stature (penis, etc.).
Triad Chinese organized crime groups, such as those based in Macau and Hong Kong, are called triads.
Twinkie An Asian-American who has lost their heritage. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
Two Stroke Eyes look like 2 strokes.
UFO Stands for "Ugly Fucking Oriental."
Uzbek Armenian word for people with slanted eyes.
VC Term used to describe the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. Often used now to group all Asians as the enemy or as untrustworthy.
Wang Chung Represents a typical Asian name. Also a British new wave band in the 80's famous for their song "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" with the lyric "Everybody Wang Chung tonight!"
Waverunner Reference to the 2004 tsunami.
Widescreen They are said to see only widescreen vision because their eyes are typically wider than they are tall.
Winky Reference to the eyes.
Wog Derogatory slang, especially in Britain and Australia, for dark-skinned foreigners. The backronyms "Westernised Oriental Gentleman" and "Worthy Oriental Gentleman" are folk etymology.
Woggle Variation of Wog.
Yangmo Generic term representing any Asian group without having to identify country of origin.
Yao Tall asians. Reference to Yao Ming, a professional basketball player of Chinese origin.
Yellow Skin color (as compared to Caucasians).
Yellow Devil Common name used by American servicemen to describe the Japanese. Play on "white devil."
Yellow Monkey Skin color, as well as referring to Asians as monkeys, from Vietnam.
Yelvis Yellow Elvis. Asians with pompadours. Plural: "Yelvi."
Yigger Yellow nigger.
Yolk Refers to the yellow of egg yolks, likened to Asian skin.
Zipperhead Highly offensive slur used against Asian people, particularly Koreans and Vietnamese. Coined by US soldiers during the Korean War. Multiple origin explanations exist: the appearance of a head wound from high-powered weaponry, or the shape of the epicanthic fold, or a zipper-like appearance of the eyes.