# What's a sorta rude word for a Swiss guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379 "2004-08-05T00:17:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/41 "2010-12-18T04:44:40Z")
The Swiss are a pretty stoic lot. If there was a Swiss zombie plague, I’m not sure we would know. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/42 "2010-12-18T04:53:52Z")
Sounds like your are having trouble with your Swiss diss. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/43 "2010-12-18T04:58:38Z")
The comedy puppet trio, Heini, his geiler Bock Gustav, and Edelweiss his mikling cow… As done by Jeff Dunham. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/44 "2010-12-18T09:59:44Z")
Overdrafter Cuckoo clock maker Blabbermouth I think the Swede thing is funny too. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/45 "2010-12-18T10:16:41Z")
My cousin claims to have actually once met a man (English) who was virulently bigoted against the Swiss, and went off on a long rant about how the “bloody neutrals” had sat out, and profited from, both world wars. I do not know if he had any particular rude word for them, however. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/46 "2010-12-18T13:24:25Z")
As an authentic Swiss person, I object to being called Swedish. Strangely, “Butter Balls” does not offend me. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/47 "2010-12-18T13:54:12Z")
I think “Fence” needs to be adopted as the universal Swiss epithet. Consider: 1. Their neutrality – “On the fence”; 2. Their handling of Nazi gold and funds – A “fence” is a dealer in stolen goods; 3. Their refusal to admit refugees during WWII; 4. Their exclusionism – won’t join the EU, naturalization is harder than in other European countries, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/48 "2010-12-18T14:20:48Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > My cousin claims to have actually once met a man (English) who was virulently bigoted against the Swiss, and went off on a long rant about how the “bloody neutrals” had sat out, and profited from, both world wars. I do not know if he had any particular rude word for them, however. "“I hate these filthy neutrals Kif! With enemies you know where they stand but with neutrals? Who knows! It sickens me.” “What makes a man turn neutral … Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?” ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/49 "2010-12-18T14:47:25Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Your friend must admit, however, that “cuckoo clock fucker” has a certain zest, ja? Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoe…? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/50 "2010-12-18T14:58:21Z")
Chocolate-eating neutrality monkey ? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/51 "2010-12-18T15:00:50Z")
St. Bernard lover? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/52 "2010-12-18T15:32:25Z")
That would have to be “St. Bernard jockey” or “St. Bernard fucker”. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/53 "2010-12-18T16:31:42Z")
Bloodthirsty mercenary? ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/54 "2010-12-18T17:22:58Z")
Ah, this thread is a fest. Guess the ebil fayscist Swiss are fair game, uh ? I wonder how such a thread would turn out if it were about “a rude word for an Algerian/Moroccan/Tanzanian”. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/55 "2010-12-18T17:49:50Z")
Nobody explicitly followed through on the Monty Python Belgian model: “Miserable Fat Swiss Bastards” ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/56 "2010-12-18T18:04:01Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > [Found the link](http://www.nationallampoon.com/flashbacks/foreigners/foreigners.html) > > and > [The Swiss Page](http://www.nationallampoon.com/flashbacks/foreigners/foreigners22.html) Links don’t work (error 404) ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/57 "2010-12-18T18:12:45Z")
Funny thread. Signed: Le Suisse aux bras noueux (knotty-armed Swiss) = kind of boorish ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/58 "2010-12-18T18:24:57Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > I think “Fence” needs to be adopted as the universal Swiss epithet. Consider: > > 1. Their neutrality – “On the fence”; > 2. Their handling of Nazi gold and funds – A “fence” is a dealer in stolen goods; > 3. Their refusal to admit refugees during WWII; > 4. Their exclusionism – won’t join the EU, naturalization is harder than in other European countries, etc. I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/59 "2010-12-18T18:25:11Z")
What about gnome? Although off-topic, the French Canadian word for a chipmunk is “un suisse” (literally, “a swiss”) so you could turn it around and call him a chipmunk. But no one would understand it. But “gnome” certainly suggests a Swiss. ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379/60 "2010-12-18T18:30:02Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > I think “Fence” needs to be adopted as the universal Swiss epithet. Consider: > > 1. Their neutrality – “On the fence”; > 2. Their handling of Nazi gold and funds – A “fence” is a dealer in stolen goods; > 3. Their refusal to admit refugees during WWII; > 4. Their exclusionism – won’t join the EU, naturalization is harder than in other European countries, etc. I agree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-sorta-rude-word-for-a-swiss-guy/258379.md?page=4)