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. |