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. |