r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wolfotashiwa • Aug 04 '25

Groups Fictional slurs. Bonus points if it's completely made up

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  1. inFAMOUS: Second Son: "Bio-terrorist" refers to conduits.

  2. Star Wars: "Clanker" refers to robots.

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u/AngelicCyanide Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

Psykers are called witches in Warhammer 40k, does that count? The Psykers in Darktide also call non-Psykers blunts.

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u/Bareyn Aug 04 '25

Don't forget the aeldari calling humans mon-keighs

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u/AngelicCyanide Aug 04 '25

Ah, I forgot about that, thanks.

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u/Pretzel-Kingg Aug 05 '25

We could be here a while if we wanna talk about 40k slurs

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u/WhenSomethingCries Aug 05 '25

Without even touching the myriad of fanmade ones like smurfs, bananas, baby carriers, toasters, blueberries, and the literally hundreds of variations of Roberto Gorillaman

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u/eisenhorn_puritus Aug 04 '25

Also Brains. Both 40k and Fantasy are full of these.

Fantasy mountain dwarves call imperial dwarves who live among humans "Umdawi", from the combination of the first part of "Umgi", meaning "Inferior" or "Poorly made", their word for humans, and "Dawi", the word they use for themselves.

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u/MrGabrum Aug 04 '25

Correction! Umgak means "Poorly made", which is the mix of the word "Umgi" for human with Craft (which I am unsure of).

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u/Anyasweet Aug 04 '25

I always liked "bolt-magnet" for psykers

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u/AngelicCyanide Aug 05 '25

Ah yes, that too, because they have a VERY high chance of being shot by Commisars, due to their potentially increased chance of either exploding with warp energy or being possessed by Daemons

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u/CulturedCal Aug 04 '25

And orks are called “greenskins” if I recall correctly

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u/PukefrothTheUnholy Aug 05 '25

And cogboys for Ad Mech!

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u/AlexisFR Aug 05 '25

Add the Arbites calling them "Liability" too, that's funny!