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Tan

(Ireland) a British person, a derogatory term for British people, derived from the Black and Tans, the nickname for an auxiliary British Army unit deployed to Ireland in the 1920s and which gained a reputation for brutality.

Taffy or Taff

(UK) a Welsh person. First used ca. 17th century. From the River Taff or the Welsh pronunciation of the name David (in Welsh, Dafydd). Children's rhyme: "Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief". Generally considered offensive when used by an English person, although it has appeared in such family-friendly series as Dad's Army, where it was used as a lighthearted nickname.

Taig (also Teague, Teg and Teig)

a vitriolic slur used by loyalists in Northern Ireland for members of the nationalist/Catholic/Gaelic community. Derived the Irish name Tadhg, often mistransliterated as Timothy.

Tar baby

(UK; US; and NZ) a black child.

Tschusch

(Austria; Germany) A Serbian living in Austria or Germany.

Teapot

(British) A black person.

Teuchter

(Southern Scotland) somebody from the north of Scotland or rural Scottish areas. Used as a derogatory term to cause offense.

Thicklips

(UK) a black person.

Tigers (Kotiya)

(Sri Lanka) a Tamil person..(Majority of People in Sri Lanka use this word against Tamils as an Offensive word because of the 30 years of Civil war.)

Timber nigger

an ethnic slur against Native Americans.

Tinker / tynekere / tinkere / tynkere, -are / tynker / tenker / tinkar / tyncar / tinkard / tynkard / tincker

a. (Britain and Ireland) an inconsequential person (typically lower class); (note that in Britain, the term "Irish Tinker" may be used, giving it the same meaning as example b.)

b. (Scotland and Ireland) a Gypsy

c. (Scotland) a member of the native community previously itinerant (but mainly now settled) who were reputed for their production of domestic implements from basic materials and for repair of the same items, being also known in the past as "travelling tinsmiths". The slur is possibly derived from a reputation for rowdy and alcoholic recreation. Often wrongly confused with Gypsy/Romany people.

Towel head

a religious/ethnic slur against people who wear a turban.

Touch of the tar brush

(British) derogatory descriptive phrase for a person of predominantly Caucasian ancestry with real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry.

Twinkie

a. a pejorative used by most American Indians to refer to a European American, with little or no social or blood links to any tribe, who claims to be an American Indian (Native American).

b. an Asian American who has become completely integrated into White American, or mainstream American culture, thus losing their traditional Asian values.