Poll: Is "bohunk" offensive?

In My Humble Opinion
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My Gramps was a self proclaimed “bohunk” of Bohemian ancestry. He preferred bohunk over bohemian, as (in his mind) bohemians should be smoking pot, reading poems, wearing black.

Like calling someone a pollack, I think if you are of the blood, you can get away with it a bit easier - maybe a LOT easier- than someone not.

I tend not to make pollack jokes because I’m not Polish. However, my mom is. She calls my dad a “Dumb pollack” often (he’s German. Go figure.). I just don’t feel comfortable with it.

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To be honest, I had never heard the term in my life befoe I joined this message board.

(I’m from central California, which doesn’t have a large Hungarian/Czech population.)

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I experienced the same confusion when I saw it in the Hornblower novels. According to dictionary.com it is

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:confused: Did your mom ever have any children? Because if she did, then they’re part Polish.

Or maybe you’re adopted or a stepkid, in which case never mind.

Scarlett, a Polack who just demonstrated the correct spelling for the record (a pollock is a fish)

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I thought it was a painter.

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Caucasian Australians are also sometimes known as ‘Skips’ or ‘Skippy’.

Personally, I think that’s just too cute, and don’t object in the least to being a Skip.

(I’ve never checked to be sure, but I’m assuming it’s a play on Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, a once-popular TV show)