Offensive terms per nationality

There are numerous offensive terms given to people, depending on their nationality, many of these have a pejorative association.

Offensive terms for Americans (United States)

Yank – Short for Yankees

Gringo – From the Spanish griego ("Greek")
'murrican – caricature of the way some pronounce the word "American"
Amis – a short form of Americans in the "Old Europe"
Cowboys
Septic, seppo – Australian term for Americans (rhyming slang)
Yanqui – Spanish term, local version of "Yankee"

Offensive terms for Chinese

Chink
Slope
Chinaman - Chinamen. Considered pejorative, despite its rather benign word root.
Celestial - 19th century American term for Chinese, from the "Celestial Empire", the official name for the Chinese Empire

Offensive terms for the Czechs

Polish offensive word is "Pepiczek" or "Pepik".

Offensive terms for the Finnish

There are quite a few offensive terms for the Finnish, some of which have a pejorative association. The Russians used to frequently refer to Finns as Tsuhnas. The Estonians use poro (literally "reindeer") presumably to both play on geographical location, and the fact that Finns frequently navigate the streets of Tallin on all fours after having drunk themselves legless.

The Swedish refer to Finns as Finnj�vel (literally "Finnish devil") Both the Swedes and Norwegians can use the name Pekka, signifying the fact that they feel the first name is typical for Finns.

Offensive terms for the French

A historic pejorative term for the French is "frog". The word is probably derived from "frog-eater" (german: Froschfresser), a term listed in the 1913 Webster Dictionary. The term is primarily used in the UK to refer to a French national, but is also used in other English-speaking countries. In the United States towns with large French immigrant populations are sometimes called "frog town".

A more neutral term for the French is "frenchie".

In 2003, "cheese-eating surrender monkey" came into common usage as a pejorative term for the French, in the United States. The phrase originated on the popular animated series The Simpsons, in the episode "Round Springfield" (originally aired April 30, 1995) when Scottish character Groundskeeper Willy addresses a French class with "Bonjourrrrrr, you cheese-eatin surrender monkeys". The phrase was popularized in the media by Jonah Goldberg, a columnist for the rightwing weekly National Review, and was adopted by conservatives expressing displeasure at the French for opposing the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The pejoriative term for the French in the Spanish language is "gabacho".

Offensive terms for Austrians

Oesis or Oetzis in Bavaria

Offensive terms for the Dutch

cloggy referring to clogs
Kaaskopp (cheese-head) in Germany

Offensive terms for Germans

The word Kraut has to some extent succeeded Hun as an insulting term for Germans in the English language. Another term, Jerry, could also be used pejoratively.

Whenever Austrians want to insult Germans they use the word Piefke (pronounced "peefke"), whereas Bavarians prefer the word Sauprei� ("Prussian Sow", pronounced "sow price") for non-Bavarian Germans, Frenchmenmen use "sale Boche", the Dutchmenmen use "Mof", Poles say "Szkop" or "Szwab", "Hitlerowiec", "Faszysta" and American often use the historical term "Nazi".

In Western Europe they sometimes use the term "Kanacke" (polynesian for human). In the German speaking areas offensive words for the Turkish are K�mmelt�rke (caraway turk) or Knoblauchfresser (garlic-eater / garlic glutton), based on the turkish cuisine.

The term "wog" was originally used in Great Britain to signify Turks,but it has become used as a general derogatory term for Middle Easterners and to some extent foreigners in general.

Offensive terms for the British

Limey, a term used mainly in America, believed to have originated from British sailors use of limes to control the disease scurvy.
Pom or whinging pom, Used mainly in Australia, mainly against the English. This is an acronym for "Prisoner of Mother England", due to the fact that many of the first Australian settlers were prisoners or their guards.
Inselaffe (Island monkey) or Tommy (old) are terms used in Germany for the British.

Offensive terms for the Spanish

Dago, originally of British usage, also known as a pejorative term

referring to Italians in the US

Spic, American, also referring to Latin Americans
Gachupin, Mexican pejorative term referring to Spaniards
Charnego, Catalan pejorative term for Spaniards from other parts

of Spain

Maqueta, Basque pejorative term for Castilians
Polaco, Spanish pejorative term for Catalans
Meteque, early 20th century French derogatory term for Spaniards

Offensive terms for South Africans

Boer, referring to Afrikaners
Kafir, referring to South African blacks