Whites
People of White European descent.
| Term | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Mile | When white kids try to act ghetto or "black." From the 2002 movie "8 Mile." | |
| Abe Lincoln | Former United States president Abraham Lincoln, used as a stand-in for white people. | |
| Afro-Saxon | Young white men who act black. | |
| Aibu | Nigerian word for white people, pronounced "Oyee-bo." Not necessarily a slur or derogatory, but rather a direct translation. | |
| Albino | Based on the pale skin of people with albinism. | |
| Anglo | A term used by Mexicans and other non-white people in Texas to describe white people in a derogatory way. | |
| Aryan | The name Hitler used to refer to his blond-haired, blue-eyed "master race." Can be used toward racist white people who don't think they're racist. | |
| Bacon Bits | White "trailer trash" who have sex with pigs. | |
| Bai Tou | Mandarin Chinese term meaning "white head." | |
| Baijo | Japanese term meaning "strangers," used in a hostile way. | |
| Bak Guiy | Cantonese for "white ghost." | |
| Bat-gwai/Bai-guei | "Bat-gwai" is Cantonese for "white ghost," more commonly translated as "white devil." White is the color of death and mourning in China. | |
| Beach-Nigger | Overly tanned people or surfers. | |
| Bean Dipper | White men, or any non-Hispanic men, who date Hispanic women. | |
| Beecher | For white people who kowtow to Black people or to racist white people. Derived from the HBO show "Oz," in which the character Beecher is raped by Black and racist white inmates. | |
| Belegana | Navajo word (bilagáana) for a white person. | |
| Betty Crocker | Refers to white women in general. | |
| Bird Shit | Because bird shit is mainly white. | |
| Bird Turd | Bird shit is white. | |
| Blackrobe | Native American term for white missionaries. | |
| Blanco | 'Blanco' is Spanish for white or blank. | |
| Bleach Boy | Because bleach whitens things. | |
| Blowfish | From the band Hootie and the Blowfish. The lead singer, Darius Rucker, is Black, and the rest of the band is white. | |
| Blue-Eyed Devil | White people, primarily those with blue eyes, are said to be the most evil, especially since their skin is so pale that it looks scary to others as their blue eyes stare out at them. | |
| Bolillo | Mexicans use it to refer to white people. A "bolillo" is a white bread roll. | |
| Boogie Man | Derived from boogie, a term used for Black people in the early 20th century. Applied derogatorily to white people who are afraid of Black people. | |
| Boss | Commonly used by American minority groups (blacks, hispanics, asians) to refer to white people. | |
| Brady | Refers to the Brady Bunch, a wholesome American TV family used ironically to mock white suburban culture. | |
| Briar | Derives from the briar patch, associated with Br'er Rabbit folklore and rural Black Southern culture. Used to mock rural Black Americans. | |
| Bro-ho | A white woman who dates or has sex with Black men. "Bro" = Black man; "ho" = short for "whore." | |
| Bucket | "You ain't pale, you bucket." | |
| Buckra | Gullah language word meaning "white trash." | |
| Buffy | From Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A reference to teenage white girls who watch and identify with the show's main character. | |
| Buleh | Means "albino" in Indonesian. | |
| Bunker | For the bigoted "All In The Family" character Archie Bunker. | |
| Cabbage | Small town farm trash that wore spotted welder beanie caps and carried concealed knives to school. | |
| Cancer | Cancer causes the face to become white, and the blood to drain away. | |
| Casper | Casper the Friendly Ghost. | |
| Caucasianally- Challenged | Mock "politically correct" phrase for white people, modeled on terms like "vertically challenged." | |
| Caucazoid | A word used to belittle or poke fun at the "Caucasian" designation for white people. | |
| Caulkie | Caulk is white. | |
| Caveman | Refers to Neanderthals living in caves; used by rappers. | |
| Cheesehead | Wisconsin is the dairy belt; frequently used in a derogatory manner. | |
| Chirp | Bird-like features; many English people are said to have big noses. | |
| Chite | White people trying to act Chinese or Asian. | |
| Chocolate Dip(per) | White men, or any non-Black men, who date Black women. | |
| Chocolate-Dipper | White women who date Black men. | |
| Clamhand | Probably used because many white men used to live in poverty, surviving by scavenging clams and the like. | |
| Clampett | Originated with the Clampetts on the TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies." | |
| Clay-Eater | Similar to "cracker" in that it referred to poor southern white people who resorted to eating clay. | |
| Coal-Burner | White women. From the film "Freeway"; refers to a white woman who dates a Black man. Also used in the porn industry to refer to white actresses willing to fuck Black men. | |
| Coalhauler | A white woman who has relations with Black men. | |
| Cock-Asian | Play on "Caucasian." | |
| Cock/Cauc | Short for "Caucasian." | |
| Cocksauce | Refers to semen, which is white. | |
| Confederate | Used against white Southerners, particularly those who display Confederate symbols, implying they hold racist or secessionist views. | |
| Conky | Combination of "Caucasian" (or "cracker") and "honky." | |
| Corky | For kids with Down syndrome, after Corky on "Life Goes On." | |
| Cornfed | Refers to large white boys from rural areas (they are cornfed like premium cattle). Typically considered to be extremely strong but not too bright. | |
| Cowfuck | Farmers in the fields getting intimate with their animals. | |
| Cracker | Used against white people, particularly poor white Southerners. Possibly derived from the cracking of a whip by slave drivers or overseers, or from the cracking of corn to make grits, associated with poor rural whites. | |
| Cracker Jack | Same as "cracker," only derived from the popcorn. | |
| Cremlin | Wordplay on "Kremlin"; refers to white Europeans. | |
| Crick Gypsy | White trash who wander around looking for a job. In West Virginia the only navigable areas are the valleys formed by rivers and creeks ("cricks"). | |
| Crisco | Crisco is a white vegetable oil product. | |
| Crudo | Literally "Raw" in Spanish. | |
| Custer | Used by Native Americans. Presumably means they want to see white people dead like General Custer. | |
| Da Bi Zi | Used in China, it means "big nose." "Da Bi Zi" is the phonetic equivalent of "tabeestu." | |
| Da Gui | Mandarin Chinese term meaning "big demon." | |
| Dandruff | Refers to white flakes of dandruff. | |
| DeNiro | A white man who dates black women. | |
| Desabrido | Spanish slang for "without color," or flavorless and without substance. | |
| Devil | Used mainly by Blacks to refer to the evil white man. | |
| Dholia | Indian for white person. | |
| Ditchpig | Redneck kids who play in the ditches/streets. | |
| Ditz | Mentally lacking, blonde-haired white women. | |
| Dog-Fucker | All bestiality porn actors are white. | |
| Doozers | Used to describe white college students who do nothing but party and pull 2.0 GPAs. | |
| Dried Shit | Shit turns white after being left alone. | |
| DWB | Stands for "Down With Brown." A white woman who dates Black men. | |
| Egg | White males that try to really get into East Asian culture and date Asian women. White on the outside, yellow on the inside (opposite of banana). | |
| Elvis | Used by Black people to describe a white person doing "Black" things, like Elvis did with Black music. Eminem is referred to as "Elvis" in the film "8 Mile." | |
| Eminem | White male who tries to act Black. | |
| Esau | Biblical figure who was described as hairy and red-skinned. Used in some interpretations to refer to white Europeans, particularly in certain Hebrew Israelite or Rastafarian theological frameworks. | |
| Etchy | Comes from "Sketchy" and denotes the foreman at a jobsite (often with sketchpad in hand). | |
| Fan Kuei | Chinese for "foreign devil" or "barbarian ghost." Refers to skin color. | |
| Farang | Thai word for foreigner, specifically applied to white Western people. Not always derogatory but can be used condescendingly. | |
| Farang/Falang | Means foreigner (i.e., non-Thai) of the white race. It is very frequently used in a simple descriptive way. It is negative only if the speaker intends it to be. | |
| Farq | Arab word meaning "chicken," used to describe white people and light-skinned Arabs as weak and fragile. | |
| Firangi | From Arabic "Firanji," or "Firangi" in Egyptian Arabic, meaning "European." A corruption of "French" or "Franks." Made famous, in a slyly ironic way, by the ultracapitalist Ferengi on "Star Trek." | |
| Firecracker | White women who date Black men. There used to be a firecracker called a "niggerchaser," but today they are called simply "chasers." | |
| Fish-Belly | Refers to the similar color of a fish's belly. | |
| Flat-ass | Used as reference to the flatter backsides of white people, and other non-blacks. | |
| Flat-Back | Term refers primarily to white women who unlike women of other races have flat butts and no shape. | |
| Flock of Seagulls | Making fun of a certain person's hairdo. Derived from the 1980s band that had the hit "I Ran (So Far Away)." | |
| Flour Bag | For the pale, pasty skin. | |
| Frosty | Refers to Frosty the Snowman; snow is white. | |
| Gabacho | Connotes "imperialist"; used by Mexicans and Mexican Americans; apparently originated in Spain to refer to the French. | |
| Gai-jin | Japanese term meaning "outside person" or foreigner. Applied to non-Japanese people, particularly Westerners. Not always derogatory but carries an othering connotation. | |
| Gai-ko | Pronounced "guy-ko." A derogatory way of saying "gaijin," which means "foreigner" (literally "outside person") in Japanese. | |
| Galleta | Means "cookie" or "cracker" in Spanish. | |
| Gavacho | Mexican term for white Americans. Used more commonly than the outdated "gringo." | |
| Ghost | Ghosts are white. | |
| Ghoul | Ghouls are said to be pale skinned like a dead person. | |
| Gilligan | Goofy white guy from "Gilligan's Island." | |
| GOB | Stands for "Good Ol' Boy," a redneck reference. | |
| Golden Toe | Whites who don't bathe get golden toes. | |
| Gomer | White goof Gomer Pyle from the television show of the same name, a spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show." | |
| Goober | Black racists in the NYC area use it to refer to white people. Interestingly, the goober peanut was one of the food products imported from Africa for the slaves to eat. | |
| Gora | Hindi word for a white person. | |
| Gorilla Head | The popular 1980s white hairstyle called a "mullet," short on top and long in the back, is said to resemble a gorilla's. Countless small-town white folk still wear them. | |
| Goy/Goyim | Used by Jews to describe white gentiles or non-Jews in general. Hebrew derivation from the word for nation ("goy" singular; "goyim" plural). May or may not be derogatory, depending on the speaker and context. | |
| Grand Dragon | Reference to the leader of the KKK. | |
| Gray | A white person who tries to act Black (white + Black = gray). See: Wigger. Could also refer to a half-Black, half-white child. | |
| Grayboy/girl | See: Gray. | |
| Gringo | Used in Latin America to refer to North Americans, particularly white Americans. Etymology disputed: possibly from the Spanish word "griego," meaning Greek, as in "it is Greek to me," or from the green coats worn by U.S. soldiers. | |
| Guero | Used by Latin Americans. | |
| Guero/Guera | Supposedly means "blonde" in northern Mexico. | |
| Guerro | Used by Hispanic Americans. A light-skinned, light-haired person. | |
| Gump | Relatively slow and ungraceful white male athletes, particularly tall white basketball players. From the title character in the movie "Forrest Gump." | |
| Gurrya | Used by the Bundjyma Aboriginal people of the west coast and central desert region of Western Australia. | |
| Gusak | Alaskan Native derogatory term for Caucasians. | |
| Gwai-lo | Cantonese for "ghost man" or "ghost person." Used to refer to white Westerners, similar to "gweilo." Carries connotations of foreignness and otherness. | |
| Haole | Hawaiian word for foreigner, now specifically used to refer to white people in Hawaii. Can range from neutral to derogatory depending on context and tone. | |
| Hawaga/Khawaga | Originally a Persian word for "lord." Heard in Egypt. Accent on the second syllable. | |
| Hay Seed | Slang term for country farmer types among white people (or all white people in general). | |
| Helo | Whites who try to immerse themselves in hoodlum culture. | |
| Hick | Country dweller, rustic farmer, unsophisticated tourist. White people who live in the country. Also, they sometimes make a "hick" noise when they are excited. | |
| Hillbilly | Redneck, hick and hillbilly are all used as derogatory terms for white people. | |
| Hilljack | Same as hillbilly. Heard often in reference to folks from southern Ohio who moved from Kentucky or West Virginia. | |
| Hillwilliam | From hillbilly; upscale white trash. | |
| Holly | Bastardized form of "haole," what Hawaiians call white people. See: Haole. | |
| Honkaloid | From a "Christ Rock" skit on "Saturday Night Live" in which he bemoans the lack of racist terms for white people. | |
| Honky/Honkie | Possibly comes from "honky-tonk," a type of country music. Another theory suggests it originated as "hunky" (and "bohunk") to refer to Slavic and Hungarian immigrants. | |
| Hoopie | Term for southerners and poor white people who used barrel hoops as belts; similar to "hillbilly" and "hick." | |
| Hoosier | Rednecks, trailer park trash. | |
| Horseface | Elongated whites, such as Nordids, resemble equines. | |
| Howdy | Refers to Howdy Doody, the children's TV puppet. | |
| HP | Stands for "Human Parasites." Europeans are said to destroy every culture they encounter. | |
| Imitasian | Refers to whites who try to be Asian. Imitation Asians. | |
| Incognegro | White people who act Black. Play off of "incognito." | |
| Ivory | Used against white people, referencing the ivory color of elephant tusks as a comparison to white skin. | |
| Jafaken | Refers to a white guy with dreadlocks. | |
| Jane Goodall | White girl who prefers Black men. | |
| John Deere | John Deere is a popular tractor manufacturer. | |
| John Rocker | Rednecks. Refers to John Rocker's comments about New York, which many considered the kind of thing a redneck would say. | |
| Johnny Reb | Refers to the Rebels (Confederate soldiers) in the American Civil War, also known as Southerners. | |
| Kabloonuk | Inuit (Eskimo) word for any non-Inuit. Literal translation means "person with bushy eyebrows." | |
| Kango | Used for white guys who act like Black guys. Comes from a biscuit that was vanilla on the outside and chocolate on the inside. | |
| Keebler | Reference to the Keebler Elf line of snack crackers. | |
| Khao-Khao | (Pronounced "cow-cow.") Thai slang referring to white people. "Khao" means "white." | |
| Kook | Hawaiian surfers use this term towards novice white surfers. | |
| Kwai-lo | Cantonese variant of gweilo, meaning ghost man. Used to refer to white Westerners in Hong Kong and southern China. | |
| Lao-wai | Applies to all foreigners in China. Literally means "old outsider." | |
| Lassie | Refers to white people smelling like dogs when they get wet. | |
| Leche | Spanish for milk; color of white skin. | |
| Lice | Based on the idea that white people carry lice. See: Lice-Nester. | |
| Lice-Nester | Whites are known by many to carry and host lice in their hair when they don't keep it clean. | |
| Lily | From the TV show "The Jeffersons." | |
| Linthead | Poor working-class whites. Refers to airborne cotton lint in textile plants where low-income whites worked. | |
| Lobster | White people burn red like lobsters when they spend too long sunbathing. | |
| Lofan | Anglo-Americans. A Chinese word, not necessarily derogatory. | |
| Lynch-monger | Comes from white people lynching Black people before and around the U.S. Civil War. "Monger" means someone who promotes this practice. | |
| MacLord | Macintosh users, typically Caucasians, are often haughty and arrogant, much like English lords of olde. | |
| Maggot | Maggots breed from filth, and when white people came to America they brought rats and diseases that wiped out a large part of the Native American population. Hence the term "maggots." | |
| Marshmallow | A traditional middle-aged Caucasian: soft and white. | |
| Martha Stewart | A derogatory term for a white housewife, a bored, crooked homemaker. | |
| Massa | Black Southern speech. Enslaved Black people addressed their masters this way. | |
| Mat Saleh | Malaysian slur for caucasians. | |
| Mayflower | American whites. Reference to the ship called Mayflower. | |
| Mayo Packet | Offensive slur mainly used against people who have white skin. Mayo Packet is a word used to dehumanize white people. | |
| Mayonnaise | Skin color. | |
| MD | Stands for "Melanin Deficient." | |
| Memphis | Dirty white trailer trash people normally resemble the population of Memphis, Tennessee. | |
| Meshback | For rednecks. Refers to the mesh-backed caps they wear. | |
| Michelli | Commonly used to refer to white people living in the southern United States. | |
| Milk | Due to the light color of their skin. | |
| Milkhead | Very white with a big head. Can be heard in John Waters' "Female Trouble." | |
| Milky | Refers to their racism and white skin. | |
| Missing Tooth | Redneck white people commonly have missing teeth. | |
| Mister Charlie | A lying, conniving, untrustworthy white person. | |
| Moss Eater | White trash in the Pacific Northwest. | |
| Mouse | Used by Black people to refer to nervous ("shook") white people walking through the ghetto. | |
| Mud Shark | White girls who date black men. | |
| Mudskipper | A white woman who dates black men. | |
| Mulletard | Retarded white trash with a mullet. | |
| Mullethead | Bad haircut (short on top, long in back) that rural white people wear fashionably. Could easily be shortened to just "mullet." | |
| Mungie Cake | White sponge cake found in Europe. | |
| Mupp | Refers to white people who are as filthy as a mop. | |
| Muppetfucker | Backwoods inbred rednecks of the U.S. south are called muppetfuckers because they look like Muppets. | |
| Musungu | Swahili word for white people. | |
| N.L.B. | Stands for "Nigger Loving Bitch." Represents a woman who, while not of the African race, sleeps with those who are. | |
| Neck | Shortened version of "redneck." | |
| Negrophiliac | White people with an unhealthy obsession with "niggers," derived from "necrophiliac." | |
| Nigger Digger | A white female who dates black men. | |
| Nigger Magnet | White girl with a big ass. | |
| Night-Rider | White women who date Black men. | |
| Nightlite | White people that live in Africa are brighter than others at night. | |
| Nilla | Used by white people to describe other white people; offensive if Black people say it to white people (e.g., "sup mah nilla?"). Mocks the fact that it is offensive to Black people when white people say "nigger." | |
| Non | Used by Native Americans to describe people who are "non-native." Can be directed at any race but is primarily used toward white people. Simply a descriptive word used from native to native. | |
| Ofay | Used to be popular with political types who were down with their "African roots." Made popular in the play "A Raisin in the Sun." Possibly of Creole origin, meaning something similar to "foe." | |
| Off Beat | White people can't dance (well). | |
| Opie | Black people call goofy white people this. | |
| Oquizi Ohcha | Means "white devil." From Africa. | |
| Otaku | A white person that tries to be Japanese in every way. | |
| Oyebo | Literally means "peeled skin." It is what the Yoruba people of Nigeria called the first Europeans they saw. | |
| Palangi | Samoan name for Caucasians. | |
| Paleface | Used against white people, popularized by 19th-century dime novels depicting Native American versus white settler conflicts. References the pale skin of white Europeans compared to Native Americans. | |
| Paris Hilton | Based on the hotel heiress who represents every negative stereotype about WASP women. | |
| Pastyface | Used mainly by Black people to refer to a really pale white person. The vanilla, creamy color of white people's skin that seldom gets exposed to the sun. Derogatory in nature. | |
| Peckerwood | Originated in the South (before the Civil War, among the slaves). Comes from the red-headed woodpecker. See: Redneck. | |
| Peckin | Reminiscent of farm life and chickens pecking the ground when eating seed. | |
| Perm Sperm | Meaning they are forever white: from the time they were a sperm to when they were born, and through their entire life, they stay white like a sperm. | |
| Persuasion | Similar sound to "Caucasian." Implies their persuasive, scandalous actions and attitudes. | |
| Petrolera | Spanish for oil woman. Used in parts of South America against white women who are perceived as sexually pursuing wealthy or powerful men. | |
| Pig-fucker | One who engages in the act of pig-fucking, said to be a favorite pastime among those from rural areas of America's southern states. | |
| Pigmently-Challenged | A mock politically correct term for white people. | |
| Pilgrim | Used against white Americans, referencing the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower and began European colonization of North America. | |
| Pinewood | Pine is a whiter-colored wood than most. | |
| Piney | Women who use pine-tree-shaped car fresheners as perfume to remove a multitude of smells inherent to the white trash lifestyle. | |
| Pink Toe | They have pink toes. | |
| Pinkaloid | Refers to skin color. | |
| Pinky | Skin color closer to pink. | |
| Pleb | Derivative of the word "plebeian," meaning white middle-class common people. Used in Australia. | |
| Po'bucker | Corruption of West African "Buuker," meaning devil, boogeyman or white man. Poor white trash were referred to as "po'buckers." | |
| Polar Bear | Refers to their skin tone. | |
| Pooty | Derived from Tagalog "puti," meaning "white." | |
| Poppin Fresh | The Pillsbury Doughboy. | |
| Porch Honkey | White version of porch monkey. | |
| Powder | Skin color. Might be from the albino character in the movie "Powder." | |
| Powdered Donut | See "Egg." | |
| Printer | Printers are generally white. So is the paper that comes out of them. | |
| Pus | Black people refer to white people this way because they are thought to infect everything they touch. | |
| Pute | Pronounced "poo-tee"; Filipino American slang from the Tagalog term for the color white. | |
| PWT | Stands for "Poor White Trash." | |
| Rabbit | A reference to the peace sign of the 1960s being similar to rabbit ears. Or it could refer to white trash who have lots of children. | |
| Raw Chicken | Middle aged white women with pot-bellies resemble raw chicken when naked. | |
| Recyclables | A polite way of saying "white trash." | |
| Red Beard | Used by Taiwanese (and other Asians) in reference to white people being hairy and light-haired. | |
| Redneck | Used against poor rural white Southerners and now more broadly against working-class whites perceived as racist or unsophisticated. Originally referred to farmers whose necks were sunburned from working outdoors. Now also used more loosely and sometimes reclaimed. | |
| Reverse Oreo | Slur for white people used by Black people. Means white on the outside and black on the inside. | |
| Rhythmless Nation | Refers to the idea that white people cannot dance. Janet Jackson also made an album called "Rhythm Nation," for people with rhythm (not white people). | |
| Ric | White person who tries to act Black. Stands for "Racial Identity Crisis." | |
| Rice King | White men who date Asian women. | |
| Rice-Chaser | White men who solely go after (or have a fetish for) Asian women. | |
| Ritz Cracker | A rich white person. | |
| Rock Spider | Term used by English-speaking South Africans to refer to Afrikaners. Might also be used for Black people, but it is definitely more commonly used toward other white people. | |
| Round-Eye | Asian derogatory term for American whites. | |
| Rube | In the same league as "hick." See: Hick. | |
| Saltine | Same color as skin. Same sentiments expressed as in "cracker." | |
| SAW | Stands for "Stupid Ass White." Coincidentally also the word for "white" in the Khmer language of Cambodia. | |
| Serpent | See: Snake. | |
| Sheep Dip | Describes white ranchers who have sex with sheep. | |
| Sheethead | Refers to the KKK, whose members wear white sheets. | |
| Shiksa | Yiddish word used mainly by Orthodox Jews to describe non-Jewish women or a Jewish woman who doesn't observe all Jewish precepts. | |
| Shit Palm | They never wash their hands when they go to the washroom. | |
| Shit-Kicker | From farmers or country boys walking through the cow pastures. | |
| Skel/Skell | White Trash. A centuries-old word that has made a recent comeback, seems to be used mainly by blue-collar whites. Originally meant the lowest form of vagrant. | |
| Skinhead | A popular white supremacist group. | |
| Slackjaw | A recessive gene causes the lower jaw to protrude outward more than the upper. | |
| Slim Shady | From the rapper Eminem, thought of as a white person who tries to be Black. | |
| Smoke Jumper | White women who date Black men. | |
| Snake | Refers to them being sneaky and evil. | |
| Snicker Licker | Whites who date Blacks. | |
| Snow | Snow is white. | |
| Snowman | Snowmen are white. | |
| Stormwatcher | Trailer trash who are forced to watch tornadoes while trapped in trailers. | |
| Stump/Tree Jumper | Rednecks use "stump jumper" or "tree jumper" against hillbillies lower than themselves, but also to point out hillbillies who commit incest: jumping the family tree. | |
| Suddha | Sinhala (Sri Lankan language) word for "white." Similar to "Gora." | |
| Swan | Stands for "Slut With A Nigger" (S.W.A.N.). | |
| Swine | Relates to the pink color of a pig and to the tendency of pigs to lie in or eat anything. (Also refers to police officers.). | |
| Tabeetsu | Used by Chinese. Means "great-nosed ones." | |
| Taco Shell | White women who sleep with Mexicans. | |
| Termite | Termites are typically white, pale, or clear. | |
| Thug | Represents white people, teenagers or young adults who want to be Black. | |
| Tiny Tim | Reference to White people supposedly having smaller penises. | |
| Tornado Bait | Referring to trailer trash commonly hit by tornadoes. | |
| Toubob | "Toubob" was the Mandinka word for white people in the novel "Roots." | |
| TPT | Short for "trailer park trash." | |
| Trailer Trash | Similar to "White Trash" but only used for lower-class Whites who live in trailer parks. | |
| Trash | Self-explanatory. Usually used as "White trash," "Poor white trash," or "Trailer trash." | |
| Tree-Looper | Rednecks are commonly known for incest, thus 'looping' the family tree. | |
| Triscuit | White trash so bad they are worse than a cracker. | |
| Trog | Used by Police in relation to unemployed whites. Short for Troglodyte or "cave dweller." | |
| Turkey | Turkey is white meat. | |
| Umlungu | Zulus called white people this, meaning the white scum that forms in the surf. | |
| Uncle Daddy | Rumors of inbreeding in the Appalachians. | |
| Vamp | Possibly the lack of melanin resembles the pale skin of a vampire. Another reason could be vampires need blood, and whites tend to look cold and in need of a blood transfusion. | |
| Vanilla | Originates from vanilla ice cream and the white pop star Vanilla Ice. | |
| Vanilla Ice | In reference to the singer Vanilla Ice. | |
| Wadjyla | Mainly used by the Nyoongar Aboriginal people of south-west Australia. Pronounced "wad-jah-lah." | |
| WAM | Stands for "White American Male." | |
| Wankster | A white person acting as a gangster. | |
| WAP | Stands for "White American Princess." Arrogant white females who flaunt their money around and demand the finest things in life. | |
| Wapanese | Used to describe a white person who is obsessed with Japanese culture. This would include manga, hentai and anime. | |
| Washisho | (Pronounced "wa-she-shoo.") A typical reservation slur used by Native Americans to talk about white people in a derogatory manner. | |
| Wasian | Combination of "wigger" and "Asian." Refers to White people who are infatuated with Asian culture and society. Usually in reference to males. | |
| Wasp | Stands for "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant." Refers to "pure whites." | |
| Weaner | Short for "White Beaner" (like "wigger"). Refers to a white guy who acts like a "beaner." | |
| Weeaboo | Originally a word filter on the 4chan imageboard replacing wapanese, meaning a white person obsessed with Japanese culture to a delusional degree. Describes someone who believes Japanese culture is superior to all others and attempts to adopt Japanese mannerisms inappropriately. | |
| Wegro | Same as "wigger." | |
| Wet Dog | When white people sweat or get wet, they smell like wet dogs. | |
| Whack | Combination of "white" and "black." White people who act Black. | |
| Wheat Thin | Represents skinny white women with a tan. | |
| Whiskey Tango | The military phonetic letters "W" and "T," standing for "white trash." Used for white trash in the military. | |
| White Chocolate | Whites who try to act like Blacks. | |
| White Devil | Used by members of the Nation of Islam, which taught that white people were created by the devil. Malcolm X used this slur. | |
| White Eye | Term used by Indians in the late 1800s to describe white settlers. | |
| White Out | Used by non-white people describing places that are uncomfortably too white. | |
| Whitebread | Refers to white bread. | |
| Whitetrash | Lower-class white people. | |
| Whitey | Short for "white." | |
| Wic | Stands for "White Irish Catholic." | |
| Wigger | Affluent suburban white kids who dress, talk and act as if they were brought up in the ghetto. | |
| Wiggerette | Same as "wigger," only for women. | |
| Wigglet | Young white people who think they are Black. | |
| Windian | White people who try to act like they're Indian. | |
| Wink | A white person trying to be like or associating with Chinese people. | |
| Winkle | Robert Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice). | |
| Won Ton | A white person who wants to be Asian. | |
| Wonder Bread | Wonder Bread is white. | |
| Wood | Short for "peckerwood." | |
| Wound | Applied to white people, possibly referencing the color of a wound or the historical phrase "wounded knee," the site of the 1890 massacre of Lakota Sioux people by U.S. forces. | |
| WT | White Trash. | |
| WTT | White Trailer Trash. | |
| Yakoo | From a "Christ Rock" skit on "Saturday Night Live" in which he bemoans the lack of racist terms for white people. | |
| Yaku | 1960s Black Panther slang. Still used today. | |
| Yan Kwi Ze/Yang Gui Zi | White Westerner (especially British), often preceded by "chow" (stinky) or "si" (goddamned). | |
| Yang Guizi | Mandarin Chinese: "foreign devil." Pronounced "yahng GWAY zi." | |
| Yeehaw | Common cowboy/redneck saying. | |
| Yo Boy/Girl | White person who tries to act black. | |
| Yogurt | Refers to the white color of yogurt. | |
| YT | Short for "white." Used by Black people. | |
| Yuppie | Young Urban Professional. Refers to ambitious, upwardly mobile young professionals with high incomes and materialistic values. Associated with the 1980s and predominantly though not exclusively applied to white professionals. | |
| Zeeb | An alternate usage of the word "wigger." |