An insulting term for an Italian, used since the beginning of the twentieth century. It is said to derive from guappo, meaning ‘dandy, dude, stud’, used as a greeting by male Neapolitans to one another. ‘You dirty Wop’ is used...

‘Fucking eyetie’ is addressed to an Italian by an Englishman in Shipmaster, by Gwyn Griffin. ‘Eyetie’ is used in British slang as an irreverent term for an Italian person. It is derived from the letters i and t, the first two...

A slur can be anything from an insinuation or critical remark to an insult. The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory...