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Sambo

(US) a derogatory term for an African-American, black, or sometimes a South Asian person.

Sakkiliya

(Sri Lanka) an ethnic contumely for Tamils.

Sand nigger

an ethnic slur used against Arabs and those thought to be Arabs.

Sawney

(England, archaic) a Scottish person, local variant of Sandy, short for "Alasdair".

Seppo, Septic

(Australian/British) An American. (Cockney rhyming slang: Septic tank – Yank)

Schvartse

a Yiddish term for someone of African descent.

Sheeny

(US) a 19th-century derogatory term for an "untrustworthy Jew."

Shelta

(Ireland) a pejorative term for the Travelling Folk. Derived from siúilta, which means "The Walkers" in Irish.

Shiksa (Yiddish)

a pejorative term, mostly in North America, for a non-Jewish woman. Derived from the Hebrew root Shin-Qof-Tzadei (שקץ), meaning loathsome or abomination. Most commonly used to refer to a non-Jewish woman who is dating or married to a Jewish man.

Shine

a disparaging term for a black person originating from their working at shoe shine stands on urban streets or in bus and train station terminals.

Shkutzim (Yiddish)

a pejorative term used by Jews against non-Jewish men, especially those perceived to be anti-Semitic. The singular is sheigetz.

Sideways vagina/pussy/cooter

Slur against Asian women, particularly Chinese women.

Skinny

(US) A term for Somali militia fighters

Skip /Skippy

(Aus) a person of Anglo-Australian decent, alluding to the name of a kangaroo in a once-popular Australian television show for children.

Slant-eye, Slant

a pejorative term for a person of Far Eastern origin (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese etc.) Derived from the term for those who have epicanthic folds

Slope, slopehead, slopy, slopey

(US and Aus) a person of Asian (in Australia, especially Vietnamese; in America, especially Chinese) descent.

Smoked Irish / smoked Irishman

(US) a 19th century term for Blacks (intended to insult both Blacks and Irish).

Snowback

a Canadian working, studying, living, or immigrating illegally to the US or a Canadian spending the winter in the US. Also known as a frostback.

Sooty

a black person

Spade

a black person, recorded since 1928 (OED), from the playing cards suit.

Spearchucker

A term used for an African American, or other person of African descent.

Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty

(US) a. a person of Hispanic descent, or a person of actual or presumed Puerto Rican origin whether or not of Hispanic descent. Use of the word is often perceived as extremely offensive if used by a person not of Latino descent in any context. Origin uncertain. First recorded use in 1915. Theories include from "no spik English" (and spiggoty from the Chicano no speak-o t'e English), but common belief is that it is an abbreviation of "Hispanic" b. the Spanish language.

Spook

a black person, attested from the 1940s. This particular slur plays a pivotal role in the novel The Human Stain and the film based on it.

Squarehead

a Caucasian person, esp. German. The slur refers to either the stereotyped shape of their heads, or to the shape of the Stalhelm M1916 steel helmet, or to its owner's stubbornness (like a block of wood).

Squaw

(US and CAN) an often offensive term for female Native American. Derived from lower East Coast Algonquian (Massachuset: ussqua), which originally meant "young woman", but which took on strong negative connotations in the late 20th century. (The equivalent derisive for a male is "buck", and for a child, "papoose".)

Squinty

a disparaging term for a person of East Asian descent in reference to the appearance of the eyes, similar to "slant"

Sucker fish

a term used ambiguously in southern Oregon directed towards the Klamath people during a dispute over the sucker fish of the Klamath River which was considered sacred by the tribe. Troublemakers displayed bumper-stickers with the message "Save a Farmer, Fillet a sucker fish."