French
People from France, a country in Western Europe.
| Term | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Bic-Needer | A play on the Bic razor brand. Most likely because French women are stereotyped as not shaving their armpits and legs. | |
| Blackfoot | Used against French people, referencing the pieds-noirs ("black feet"), the French colonists in Algeria who were displaced after Algerian independence. | |
| Butterfingers | Started during WWII when the French were occupied by the Germans and were forced to "drop" all their weapons. | |
| Clouf-Booter | French regional slang for a very old or unpleasant man. Used specifically in Alsace-Lorraine region to describe an unsavory older male. | |
| Crapaud | Originally the French word for "toad," it became a term used by British soldiers for their French enemy during the Napoleonic Wars. | |
| Frog | Used against French people. Origins unclear but possibly from the French practice of eating frogs' legs, or from a 17th-century reference to the French royal coat of arms featuring toads. | |
| Fur Licker | Crude sexual insult directed at French people. | |
| Kermit | Kermit the Frog from "The Muppets." | |
| Rifle-Dropper | Inability to win a war since Napoleonic times: loss of their colonies and surrender of their homeland. | |
| Six-Weeker | Derogatory term used by Germans due to the quick collapse of France in WWII. | |
| Snail-Snapper | They eat snails. | |
| Soap Dodger | From the supposed French habit of not bathing regularly. France is also said to have the lowest per capita soap consumption in Europe. | |
| Surrender Monkeys | Referenced by Groundskeeper Willie on "The Simpsons." | |
| Tad Pole | A tadpole is a baby frog; see: Frog. | |
| Toad | Frog-related. See: Frog. | |
| Turtleneck | Many of the French are uncircumcised. | |
| Whiteflagger | Comes from the French surrendering (waving the white flag) in many wars. |