| Slur |
Represents |
Reason & Origins |
| Bubble |
Greeks |
"Bubble & Squeak" is Cockney slang for Greek. |
| Flease |
Greeks |
Flap Grease. Since greeks work in the diners all of their lives, their uncircumcised penis build up grease underneath the flap. hence the name Flease |
| Goatbanger |
Greeks |
Self Explanatory |
| Gobbler |
Greeks |
Refers to the greek penis. They are uncircumcised, the flap resembles the neck of a turkey, also known as the gobbler. |
| Grease Ball/Bag |
Greeks |
Possibly because of the grease they sometimes put in their hair or because of the types of food they make. Also: Greaser. Applicable to Italians, Greeks, and Hispanics. |
| Guppie |
Greeks |
Pronounced 'guppy' (like the fish). From Greek + Yuppie. Originated in Astoria, New York, which is densely populated with Greeks. Not necessarily derogatory. |
| Highboots |
Greeks |
Attributed to fishing heritage/large number of Greek immigrants to US with that trade. Heard from the matriarch of a large Greek-American family. |
| Homocrat |
Greeks |
The Greeks invented democracy and some say homosexuality |
| Lamb Chop |
Greeks |
Greeks in general love lamb, but also it makes reference to Greek women's hairy sideburns |
| Mythmaker |
Greeks |
Because the Greeks made up myths |
| Olive Nigger |
Greeks |
Greece is renowned for its olives. |
| Olive-Picker |
Greeks |
Large amount of olives |
| Pendos |
Greeks |
Used by Russians as a derogatory term for Greeks. There has been a sizable Greek community in southern Russia for many generations. Many of them originally hailed from the Pontus region of Turkey. Hence Pontus=Pendos. |
| Tuft |
Greeks |
Many Greeks wear their hair high on the front of their head, apparently because they use it for protection when in a fight |
| Uni-brow |
Greeks |
They tend to have hairy the eyebrows that often meet and appear as one. Also applies to some Italians. |
| Wog |
Greeks |
Originated from the cheap labour sent to Australia to work on Government project in return for citizenship back around the 1940-1960's. Workers Of the Goverenment was printed on the back of their coveralls. Made popular by the movie "The Wog Boy" |
| Yanni |
Greeks |
The famous piano player named Yanni. |
| Zorba |
Greeks |
From the novel "Zorba the Greek," by Nikos Kazantzakis. |