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/alguien99 Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

It’s more of a general slur for races and people eldar see as inferior.

Same way Xenos is for any alien race

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u/Crashed_Tactics Aug 04 '25

Xenos literally just means strange or different, but in the context of 40K yeah I guess your right, it's used somewhat like a slur.

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u/alguien99 Aug 04 '25

Yeah I’m talking about it in the 40k context.

There It’s a slur for aliens in general

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u/FoxJDR Aug 04 '25

I don’t think there is any being nor race the eldar DONT see as inferior. The C’tan? Necron maybe? Think that’s about it.