Hispanics

People from Spanish-speaking countries, particularly those of Latin American origin.

Term Origin Meaning
Amigo Self-explanatory.
Ban CuBANS. See also: Can
Bean Bandit They eat beans.
Bean Burrito Common Hispanic food is bean burritos and the coloring of the beans is similar to the coloring of their skin.
Beanbag Another slur based on the Hispanics consumption of beans
Beaner Because they are known to have a lot of beans in their diet and are also hired many times to pick beans for (sometimes less than) minimum wage.
Beaner Ball Soccer is quite popular in Mexico and South America.
Beaniard Refers to the Spanish origin "Spaniard" mixed "Bean", with a commom food in many Mexican dishes.
Berry Picker Refers to Hispanics who would work berry fields in California, specifically illegal immigrants, as their employer didn't have to pay them as much.
Border Bunny Hopping the border to get into America.
Border Nigger See Border Bunny.
Border-Hopper Same as Border Bunny. Border-Jumper too.
Burrito Comes from the old adage you are what you eat. Also burrito-head, burrito-brain, etc.
Cabezita Negra Spanish for little black head. Used in Argentina and other South American countries to look down on darker-skinned mestizo or indigenous people, often those who have migrated from rural areas to cities.
Can MexiCANS, Puerto RiCANS
Car Thief Based on the stereotype that Hispanics steal cars
Cham CHicano AMerican.
Cheap Labor Because minimum wage only applies to U.S. citizens.
Cheddar Hispanics who are frequently in the welfare line getting "government cheese."
Cherry Picker Hispanics are often limited to low paying jobs, such as picking fruit, which includes but is not limited to cherries.
Chico Spanish for 'little boy'
Chilango Used in Mexico, primarily by people outside Mexico City, to refer to residents of the capital in a derogatory way, implying they are arrogant, loud, or culturally dominant.
Chili They tend to eat lots of chili peppers.
Chili-Shitter Self-explanatory.
Cholo/chola Of uncertain origin. Commonly denotes Hispanic gangster types (in the U.S., not in Mexico)
Chunga Hispanic girls who dress and act Black. No idea why[?]
Coat Instead of showering, they put on a new coat of cologne.
Coke Camel Drug trafficking.
Dozer They always work on in the field of construction, thats were Bull "Dozer" comes into play.
Drywaller Hispanics do a lot of construction work and are usually paid very little or nothing.
Dumb Wet Variation of Wet-Back, as used on an episode of X-Files.
Ese Pronounced "s-a." Roughly translates to "dude." Offensively used by races other than Hispanics.
Fake Mexican Used to describe those who have lost the language, culture, etc. of Mexico.
Fidel Reference to the infamous Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Fruit-Picker References the agricultural labor performed by Hispanic, particularly Mexican, migrant workers in the United States. Used to demean Hispanic people as low-wage laborers.
Garden Gnome They do all the gardening for rich white people
Gardner Hispanics do most of the hired gardening.
Goya Probably the most popular and most mainstream Latin food company in the world
Gravelbellies Crawling across border on their bellies.
Hispandex Don't know if Hispanics are known for wearing Spandex, but it sounds funny anyway.
Hot Footer Ones that can't swim across the border. See: Wet-Back.
Housekeeping Many hotel housekeepers are Hispanic.
Juan Valdez The guy from the Colombian coffee can.
Lao-Mo Chinese. Mo is the first chinese character of Moxige (Mexico) and also happened to mean "Old Ink"
Latrino Combination of "Latino" and "Latrine."
Leafblower Many Hispanics are involved with landscaping, and sometimes carry leafblowers
Loby Armenian word for "beans". Hispanics are known to have a lot of beans in their diet.
Lowrider Refers to lowriders. The tricked out, custom cars Hispanic gang members often drive.
Mestizo Specifically, Spanish/Native American mixed breed. Not polite, but not taboo either. From the Spanish word for "mixed".
Mojado Means 'wet' or 'dunked' in Spanish. See Mojo
Mojo Normally used among Hispanics towards other Hispanics. "Mojo" derives from "mojado" meaning "wet" i.e. wet-backs. Mojados are Mexican citizens while pochos are Mexican-Americans.
Montana Derived from the movie "Scarface" which stars a cuban immigrant druglord named "Tony Montana", slur usually said with a Spanish accent
Mule Hispanics transport drugs.
Nacho Based on the popular snack.
Naco Native Mexicans. Used as an insult by city dwellers on indigenous, small town inhabitants or vulgar people even from the big city.
Nethead Chicano slur used in L.A. From Mexican boys wearing thin nets to cover their hair.
New York Met There are a lot of Hispanics on the Mets.
Orange Picker From all the Hispanics that work in the agriculture industry in California.
Paragraph Referring to hispanic children. 'Not quite an essay (see ese), but a paragraph.'
Pepperbelly They eat a lot of peppers. Refrence to their love for spicy foods.
Petrolero Hispanics Who Are Attracted To Blacks. Means "Oil Drillers".
Po-Bean Short for Poor Beaner.
Pocho Chicano derogatory term referring to Hispanics who can't speak Spanish. Used by Hispanics. May technically only refer to Portuguese people.
Pollo The U.S. Border Patrol uses this term to refer to illegal aliens. Pollo means chicken in Spanish. Agents call the illegals Pollos on their service radios.
Ref Many people use it in Southern Florida referring to the latins (mainly Cubans) that come to South Florida and don't speak English well
Rico Suave The 80's singer/rapper of the same name.
River-Crosser Self-explanatory.
Sanchez Common Hispanic name
Scratch-Back Mexicans (illegals) who crawl under fences, getting their backs scratched up in the process, to get into America.
Sexican Refers to how fast the Mexican-American population is increasing.
Spanglish Spanish-Americans; English-speaking Hispanics, also the language they speak.
Spec Baby Spic. See: Spic.
Speed Demon Amphetamines are popular among Hispanics.
Spic Highly offensive slur against Hispanic people. Etymology disputed: possibly from an immigrant unable to speak English saying no spic da English, or from the acronym SPIC standing for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Colored. Also possibly from a contemptuous term in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Spic and Span Self Explanatory
SpicNic Hispanics who pull over on the side of a main highway, pop the hood on their car, set up the volleyball net, sit on thier coolers and have a picnic.
Spivic Often referred to Hispanics that drive Honda Civics
Taco Because they eat tacos.
Taco Bender Because they eat tacos.
Taco Nigger Because they eat tacos.
Tamale A common latin American food.
Tomato Picker Hispanics pick tomatoes.
W.O.G. Abbreviation of either "White-", "Westernised-" or "Worthy-Oriental Gentleman." Originally intended as a term denoting respect. In common use, however, it became a term of abuse/denigration.
Wab Short for Wet-Back. See: Wet-Back.