French
People from France, a country in Western Europe.
| Term | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Bic-Needer | Most likely because French women don't tend to shave there arm pits and legs. | |
| Blackfoot | Used against French people, referencing the historical term for French colonists in Algeria known as pieds-noirs (black feet), who were settlers 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 name of a South European frog, although during the Napoleonic Wars it became a term used by British soldiers referring to their French enemy. | |
| Crouton | French salad dressing | |
| 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 | Sexual preference. | |
| Kermit | Kermit the Frog from "The Muppets." | |
| Rifle-Dropper | Inability to win a war since Napoleanic times - loss of their colonies and their surrender of their homeland | |
| Six-Weeker | Derogatory term used by Germans due to the quick collapse of France during WWII. | |
| Snail-Snapper | They eat snails | |
| Soap Dodger | From the French habit of not appearing to bathe regularly. Also France supposedly has the lowest per capita soap consumption in Europe. | |
| Surrender Monkeys | Referenced by Groudskeeper Willy on the Simpsons | |
| Tad Pole | French baby | |
| Toad | Frog-related, see: frog. | |
| Turtleneck | Many of the French are uncircumcised. | |
| Whiteflagger | Comes from the French surrendering (whiteflagging) many wars |