A generic “somewhere in Scandinavia” one that’s been creeping in in the UK recently is “Scandawegians”. On the one hand it’s useful, as there are some shared traits between the four nordic countries, but on the other hand it’s quite insulting, I think, as it indicates a dismissal of their national identity.
Most of the below are insulting:
People from Hong Kong: Hongkies.
Fillipinos: Flips.
Japanese: Nips.
Irish: Paddies, Bogtrotters.
Northern Irish (in the Republic of Ireland): Nordies.
Republic of Ireland (in Northern Ireland): Mexicans.
I only heard the latter a few times, before the Celtic Tiger, but it made me giggle - a stereotype of a country that was poor, Catholic, with bad roads, corrupt government, etc. - and south of the border.
In Central America, Costa Ricans are Ticos, Nicaraguans are Nicas and Guatemalans are Chapines.
In the Spanish Caribbean, Dominicans are Quisqueyanos and Puerto Ricans are Boricuas.
In the English Speaking Caribbean people from Barbados are Bajans.
Not sure if I remember correctly, but do Venezuelans call Colombians ‘Gochos’ or is that just people from the border area? I know Colombians have a name for Venezuelans but it escapes me now.
We use the same term, now and then, for our esteemed cousins in Aussie. There’s more sheep over there, y’see …
We haven’t really called Americans Yanks since perhaps as late as the 1960s. “Yanks” conjures up nostalgic stuff to do with World War II more than anything else. “Pom” seems to be dying out as a nickname for Brits, but we still have the less-than-wonderful terms “currymunchers” (for those from the Indian subcontinent) and “coconuts” (Pacific Islanders) used in ordinary speech.
Kiwi is what we NZers call ourselves, just bear in mind it has NOTHING to do with the fruit! We name ourselves after the bird, the fruit is called a kiwifruit.
Kiwi= bird or people. Kiwifruit=that small fuzzy fruit. It’s not a hard concept to grasp really, after all everyone knows that a grape and a grapefruit ain’t the same thing.
Ok the name has SOMETHING to do with Kiwis-it’s just not the SAME. WORLD, stop calling Kiwifruit Kiwi! If you can’t say Kiwifruit just say Chinese gooseberry!
Only if you lot stop calling Australia “Aussie”. Nobody else uses that word for the country, only for its inhabitants. I don’t know why, but it grates.
You can still call us cunts though. We don’t mind that.
And a giant FUCK YOU to anyone that says septic or seppo to the face of an unsuspecting American. You wanna call us a septic tank, fine but be a man and up front about it. Not some sniggering whinging pommy bastard or convict daggy cunt*.
No, kiwis can call us cunts, the cunts. You lot can’t. You personally, I’ll make an exception for, as you used the word "daggy "correctly. Not bad for a seppo.
