ASIA, ASIAN
ADJECTIVES
M19. ► SLANT-EYE → SLANT-EYED said of Asians, esp. Japanese → sl., derogatory
NOUNS
1900 ► YELLOW PERIL the military or political threat regarded as emanating from Asian peoples, esp. the Chinese → sl.
1970 ► PAKI-BASHING → PAKKI-BASHING an organized or opportunistic assaulting of Asian immigrants by gangs of White youths → UK sl.
1997 ► AFF an attraction to South Asian females (Asian Female Fetish) → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1775 ► YELLOW a person of South-East or East Asian (esp. Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin → usually offensive
1788 ► YELLOW MAN a person of South-East or East Asian (esp. Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin → hist., now offensive
1839 ► YELLOW VELVET MONKEY a person of Asian descent; in World War II, a Japanese person → Amer. sl., usually offensive and contemptuous
1847 ► YELLOW-SKIN a person of South-East or East Asian (esp. Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin → often derogatory, now offensive
M19. ► COOLIE an East Asian person → US sl.
1867 ► YELLOW-BELLY a person of South-East or East Asian (esp. Chinese or Japanese) ethnic origin → often derogatory, and offensive
1870 ► MOON-FACE an Asian person → US sl.
1884 ► LAUNDRYMAN an Asian man → US sl., contemptuous
1900 ► YELLOW PERIL an East Asian person → sl.
1910 ► GOOK an East Asian person → sl., orig. & chiefly US military usage, derogatory or offensive
1910 ► MONKEY MAN an East Asian person → Aust. sl.
1924 ► XANTHODERM a person of Eastern Asian descent
1929 ► GINK an East Asian person; a Vietnamese; used contemptuously → US sl.
1929 ► SLANT an East Asian person; anyone of a race with slanting eyes → sl., orig. US, derogatory or offensive
1930 ► CAMEL RIDER an Asian → US criminals’ sl.
1930 ► FLANGEHEAD a nickname for an East Asian → sl., derogatory
1938 ► DINK a person from South Asia, esp. in later use, a Vietnamese person → Aust.
1938 ► MOTO → MR. MOTO an Asian man of any nationality → US sl., derisive
1942 ► CHINK an East Asian person, esp. a Japanese or Vietnamese person → Amer. sl., contemptuous
1946 ► MAMA-SAN an elderly or middle-aged East Asian woman; often applied to one who manages a brothel → Amer. sl.
1948 ► SLOPE → SLOPEY → SLOPIE → SLOPY an East Asian person → US sl., derogatory or offensive
1951 ► MOOSE an Asian woman who cohabits with a serviceman → US orig. & chiefly US military usage
1954 ► BABY-SAN an East Asian baby or child; an East Asian young woman; esp. used in direct address → US military sl.
1963 ► GEEK an East Asian person of any nationality → US military usage derogatory
1964 ► PAK → PAKI → PAKKI a person of South Asian birth or descent → colloq., chiefly Brit., derogatory or offensive
1965 ► YELLOW NIGGER an Asian → sl., derogatory
1966 ► SLOPEHEAD an East Asian person → US sl., derogatory or offensive
1967 ► BUDDAHEAD → BUDDHAHEAD a person of Asian or Oriental ancestry → Amer. dial.
1967 ► GIRL-SAN an East Asian girl or young woman → US military sl.
1967 ► ZIPPERHEAD a native of East or South-East Asia or a person of East or South-East Asian descent → sl., orig. US military usage, offensive
1968 ► ZIP a native of East or South-East Asia or a person of East or South-East Asian descent → sl., orig. US military usage, derogatory and offensive
1970 ► BANANA a person of Asian birth or descent who subscribes to typically western values and attitudes; an oriental person regarded, esp. by other Orientals, as adopting or identifying with White culture → sl., chiefly Can., depreciative
1970 ► DAPTO DOG an Asian or Black person → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘wog’, derogatory
1970 ► PAKI-BASHER → PAKKI-BASHER a violent racist who, usually as part of a group, attacks members of the Asian community → UK sl.
1974 ► YELLOW VELVET MONKEY an Asiatic woman, esp. in the context of sex → Aust. sl.
1982 ► DOTHEAD a person of South Asian origin or descent → US sl., derogatory & offensive
1982 ► MAMA-SAN an East Asian woman who is a prostitute or the lover of a US serviceman → Amer. sl.
1983 ► EGG ROLL an East Asian person → US sl., derisive
1987 ► ZIPHEAD an Asian person → US sl.
1989 ► HAPPA a person who is half Asian → US college sl. (Bk.)
1990 ► JOE DAKI a British Asian → rhyming sl. for ‘Paki’, derogatory
1994 ► GUNGA DIN a man with a perceived Asian or Indian ethnicity → UK sl., derogatory, racist
1999 ► HERE AND NOW an East Asian person → Aust. sl., rhyming sl. for ‘Chow’, derogatory
2000 ► ASIAN MASSIVE a group, clique, or gang of young (South) Asians → UK students’ sl.
2000 ► THE ASIAN INVASION a group, clique, or gang of young (South) Asians → UK students’ sl.
2002 ► PADDLE FACE a person of South-East Asian extraction → Aust. sl., racist (Bk.)