Slur |
Represents |
Reason & Origins |
Anchor Baby |
Mexicans |
Children of parents who crossed the border illegally; A reference to their adulthood. At that time, they will be able to become the family "anchor" to legally bring in the rest of the family. |
Blue collar |
Mexicans |
Many illegal immigrants take manual labor jobs. |
BMW |
Mexicans |
"Big Mexican Woman (or Women)" - applied to heavy or obese Hispanic women. |
Border Bandit |
Mexicans |
A Mexican who has crossed the border illegally. Also a "BB" |
Bracero |
Mexicans |
Spanish term for a Mexican migrant worker |
Brown Tractor |
Mexicans |
They sometimes do work tractors might normally be used for. |
Canned Labor |
Mexicans |
Origin Unknown, Afri(can), Mexi(can), Etc. Labor |
Carnie |
Mexicans |
A lot of mexicans are carnies. |
Chalupa |
Mexicans |
The popular Mexican food dish |
Cheech |
Mexicans |
Famous Mexican Cheech Marin |
Chili Choker |
Mexicans |
A term used in one of the Cheech & Chong movies |
Cholo |
Mexicans |
A term used to refer to Mexican gangsters. |
Chuco |
Mexicans |
Laredo Used to describe gang bangers. Comes from the word Pachuco |
Chunt |
Mexicans |
Comes from 'chuntaro' meaning bad-dressed Mexican |
Clown-Car |
Mexicans |
Used to describe the overcrowded vehicles of migrant workers. |
Corn |
Mexicans |
From Mexi-Corn, from Southern California reference to Mexicans picking corn or other produce. |
DampBack |
Mexicans |
Part Mexican, not quite wet. |
Dirty Sanchez |
Mexicans |
Common hispanic name. |
Fence Fairy |
Mexicans |
Reference to border crossing. |
Fence-Hopper |
Mexicans |
Mexicans hopping fences to get into the U.S. |
Fesskin |
Mexicans |
Fuckin' messkin (mexican) |
Field Rat |
Mexicans |
Working in Migrant Fields |
FOB |
Mexicans |
Fresh over the Border |
FOF |
Mexicans |
Fresh Over the Fence. Refrence to crossing the border from Mexico to US. |
Four Footer |
Mexicans |
Ususally used when referring to illegal immigrant workers. "I'm gonna go down to 7-11 tomorrow morning, to pick up a four-footer." Because mexicans are short. |
Gordita |
Mexicans |
Comes from the Taco Bell food. Means "large" or "fat" in Spanish. |
Grasshopper |
Mexicans |
They jump fences like grasshoppers |
Greaser |
Mexicans |
Used as early as the battle of the Alamo in 1836. |
Jumping Bean |
Mexicans |
Jumping beans are popular among Mexicans. |
Killer Bee |
Mexicans |
Refers to the fact that like the insect, they too have been migrating out of Mexico into Texas. |
Landscaper |
Mexicans |
Mexicans do a lot of landscaping. Similar to "landscraper." |
Lawnmower |
Mexicans |
A large portion of the landscapers are Mexican/Hispanic. |
Lubricano |
Mexicans |
Variant of greaser. |
Manuel Labor |
Mexicans |
Mexicans residing in the United States are used predominantly for manual labor. Manuel is a common hispanic name. |
Mexcrement |
Mexicans |
Obvious combination of "Mexican" and "excrement" |
Mexi-Ho's |
Mexicans |
Term to describe Mexican girls who get pregnant at an early age. |
Mexican't |
Mexicans |
Based on the stereotype that Mexicans are lazy. |
Migger |
Mexicans |
Mexicans/Hispanics who act black. |
Miguel |
Mexicans |
Stereotypical name for Mexicans |
Mo |
Mexicans |
Acronym for Mexican Orderly: Used in jails to refer to mexican trustees. |
Modern Farm Equipment |
Mexicans |
Many Mexicans work in agriculture today. Evolved from the "Antique Farm Equipment" slur for Blacks. |
Mudslide |
Mexicans |
What a jailbreak of Mexicans looks like. |
Olympican |
Mexicans |
From the joke "Why are there no Mexicans in the olympics? Because every Mexican who can run, jump, or swim is in this country!" |
Pachuco |
Mexicans |
A gang of Mexicans living in California in the 1940s |
Pool-digger |
Mexicans |
Another reference to the manual labor many of them do in the States. |
Potato |
Mexicans |
A Mexican-American that has lost their heritage. Brown on the outside; White on the inside. |
River Nigger |
Mexicans |
Self-explanatory |
Roach |
Mexicans |
They "infest" places |
Roadblock |
Mexicans |
Called this because some have a tendency to travel slow, pacing one another on the freeway not allowing anyone else to pass. Mostly a Texas term, though it may be heard in any other of the 'border' states. |
Scrap |
Mexicans |
Slur used by Mexican gang members to degrade other members. |
Soak |
Mexicans |
Much like a wetback, when they cross the Rio Grande river their backs get soaked. |
Spicaninny |
Mexicans |
Young Mexican girls. Combination form of Spic and Picaninny. |
Spicet Fence |
Mexicans |
10 mexicans lined up side by side at the border. |
Spread |
Mexicans |
They continue "spreading" across the United States. |
Taco Jockey |
Mexicans |
Self-explanatory |
Tex-mex |
Mexicans |
A person of hispanic lineage, hopefully Mexican, that is from Texas. |
Texican |
Mexicans |
Brown texans, usually illegal and doing drywall work. Technically: a Hispanic-American that lives in Texas |
Tire-Hugger |
Mexicans |
Method used to cross Rio Grande, floating on inner tubes and tires. |
Tonk |
Mexicans |
Illegal Mexican immigrants. "Tonk" is the sound that is made when the illegals are hit over the head with the large flashlights/batons that the US border patrolmen carry. |
Triathlete |
Mexicans |
Mexicans that can run, jump, or swim are already in the US. |
Vato |
Mexicans |
Originates from Chicano slang. In Spanish it means "guy". Can be compared with "dude". |
Wadie |
Mexicans |
The Rio Grande is so shallow now that illegals just have to wade across. |
Wetback |
Mexicans |
Comes from "Operation Wetback", a military operation devised in 1954 to stop the onslaught of illegal aliens entering the United States, primarily from Mexico. The operation was soon abandoned in part because of outcry of Mexican-Americans who were angered by the racial profiling. More info |
Wetvac |
Mexicans |
A play on wetback. Many Mexicans who have illegaly entered the country take cleaning jobs. |