Greeks
People from Greece, a country in Southeastern Europe on the Mediterranean Sea.
| Term | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Bubble | "Bubble and squeak" is Cockney rhyming slang for "Greek." | |
| Flease | Stands for "Flap Grease." Since Greeks work in diners all their lives, their uncircumcised penises supposedly build up grease under the foreskin, hence "Flease." | |
| Goatbanger | Refers to an alleged practice of bestiality with goats. | |
| Gobbler | Refers to the Greek penis. Greeks are uncircumcised, and the foreskin resembles the neck of a turkey, also known as the gobbler. | |
| Grease Ball/Bag | Possibly because of the grease they sometimes put in their hair or the types of food they make. Also: Greaser. Applied to Italians, Greeks and Hispanics. | |
| Guppie | Pronounced "guppy" (like the fish). From "Greek" + "yuppie." Originated in Astoria, New York, which is densely populated with Greeks. Not necessarily derogatory. | |
| Highboots | Attributed to the fishing heritage of the large number of Greek immigrants to the U.S. in that trade. Heard from the matriarch of a large Greek American family. | |
| Homocrat | The Greeks invented democracy and, some say, homosexuality. | |
| Lamb Chop | Greeks in general love lamb, and the term also refers to Greek women's hairy sideburns. | |
| Mythmaker | Because the Greeks made up myths. | |
| Olive Nigger | Greece is renowned for its olives. | |
| Olive-Picker | Large amount of olives. | |
| Pendos | Russian slur for Greeks. Derived from the Greek community in Odessa and possibly related to Russian slang. | |
| Tuft | Many Greeks wear their hair high at the front of their head, apparently because they use it for protection in a fight. | |
| Uni-brow | They tend to have hairy eyebrows that often meet and appear as one. Also applies to some Italians. | |
| Yanni | Yanni, the famous Greek keyboardist. | |
| Zorba | From the novel "Zorba the Greek" by Nikos Kazantzakis. |