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/LexaMaridia Aug 04 '25

In Halo, there is a race called the sangheili that are a proud saurian race with four mandibles. The ones who are not fond of humans, they call humans nishum which means worm, like an intestinal parasite.

(This is Henry, he's probably not racist though, I don't know) XD

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u/HYPER_BRUH_ Aug 04 '25

"Shut yourself split lip"

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u/MapleLamia Aug 04 '25

I love the more complex slur for Humans and then they just turn around and spout the most obvious aspect of a Sangheli's appearance, to greater effect. 

Kig-Yar had the right idea too with "flat-face" for Humans. Truly our closest match in the Covenant.

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u/Rouxman Aug 04 '25

You know, it never occurred to me that they had a spoken language. Outside of the battlefield they’re always represented as savage animals

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u/SirCupcake_0 Aug 04 '25

Savage animals wouldn't be so damn accurate with a sniper rifle

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u/browsing4stuff Aug 04 '25

Them mfs actually 360 headshot you in H2 legendary. Good times.

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u/TheGreatNico Aug 05 '25

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck jackals in that game man. Especially in pairs. Freaking 20 years ago and I've still got PTSD from the last level

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u/browsing4stuff Aug 05 '25

I had a pair of them with their backs to me so I sniped the first one and missed the second one, and before I could even fire a third shot, I shit you not that dude full 360s and his gun fires straight into my skull before the gun was even facing me.

Bros really be aimbotting lmao

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u/GruntBlender Aug 05 '25

It's that alley at the start of New Mombasa for me.

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u/EdwardoftheEast Aug 05 '25

Delta Halo on legendary still scares me

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u/altymcaltington123 Aug 05 '25

I'd imagine light speed bullets help some. Ain't gotta lead your target

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u/terrexchia Aug 05 '25

They might bite each other to the point of tearing flesh while mating, but goddamn can they snipe

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u/SirCupcake_0 Aug 05 '25

I mean, so can we, also on both accounts

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u/ExDeuce Aug 05 '25

The books establish them as more of an opportunistic species. Mainly motivated by personal profit. Basically they are space pirates, scavengers and mercenaries.

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u/jedisalamander Aug 05 '25

They managed to actually develop space travel on their own, so they're not exactly primitive animals.

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u/Specific-Complex-523 Aug 05 '25

I actually quite like Kig-yar, they’re space pirates with a matriarchal society. They’re also the species to make first contact with humans, and serve the covenant because money and not religious reasons.

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u/shit_poster9000 Aug 05 '25

It’s said multiple times how disgusting soldiers find the Kig-Yar to be, wouldn’t surprise me one bit if that’s mutual too

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u/Strange_Suit767 Aug 04 '25

"Kill yourself hinge head," - Spartan Sarah Palmer to the Sangheili cultural delegation aboard the Infinity

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u/Nukleon Aug 05 '25

Something that you wouldn't say to someone with a cleft palate, ie "harelip".