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Ethnic slurs may also be produced by combining a general-purpose insult with the name of ethnicity, such as “dirty Arab”, “dirty Jew”, “Russian pig”, etc. Other common insulting modifiers include “dog”, “filthy”, etc. Each term is listed followed by its country or region of usage, a definition, and a reference to that term (unless a well-referenced Wikipedia article exists).

The following is a list of ethnic slurs (ethnophaulisms) that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner in the English-speaking world. For the purposes of this list, an ethnic slur is a term or word used to insult on the basis of race, ethnicity, or nationality.