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Compare [[Pardon My Klingon]].
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* In ''[[Discworld]]'', dwarfs are occasionally called "lawn ornaments" and gritsuckers.
** Trolls take offense at being called "rocks".
** Also, the undead and related (vampires, werewolves, bogeymen) sometimes refer to humans as "Normos" (short for 'normal'), as seen with Shlimazel the bogeyman in ''[[
** Conservative dwarfs call those dwarfs who dare to openly show signs of femininity "Ha'ak". No translation is given, but it's very clearly not a nice word (the target's troll friend threatened to kill the offender if he heard it used again). It turns out later it's '''not''' just an insult for the openly feminine, or conservative vs. liberal: a rather progressive dwarf says it to an arch-conservative adversary in ''[[
*** Other slurs referring to those showing undwarfly conduct include "Dr'zka" and "D'hrarak". The former means you have a lax approach to dwarfish behaviour and such; the latter means an exile who has been cast out of dwarf society by the Low King.
**** Th dwarf word ''drudak'ak'', while it isn't precisely a slur (but is somewhat unkind, judging by the way Carrot hesitates to use it), means something like "They who do not get out in the fresh air enough" and refers to dwarfs who are excessively conservative; generally, the dwarfs that this applies to are rather inclined to believe that the surface is a bad dream of some sort that will go away if they ignore it hard enough.
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** Bonehead still has its original meaning, which led to a few awkward situations.
* ''[[Ultraviolet (TV series)|Ultraviolet]]'' uses "leech" for vampires.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** It was mentioned once, in "Bastille Day" by Zarek, that humans from Sagittaron get called "stumps".
** In ''[[Caprica]]'', humans from Tauron are called "dirt eaters". The word "monad" also appears to be used as a somewhat derogatory term for monotheists.
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* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'': Rowlf is disgruntled about having to play the song "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow" in one episode. He says that for him as a dog, it's humiliating to be called a "bow-wow".
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* At least one story about [[The Fair Folk]] states that you should ''not'' address one as a "fairy", they consider that an insult. Calling them "imps", "elves", or "fae" is okay, but they would prefer "Seelie". Some mortals who rightfully fear them use "Good Neighbor".
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
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* It's apparently common for three horns in ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' to call long necks 'flatheads'. Petrie did use the term first not meaning to be insulting. However, Cera was not back with the group to hear him at that time, though she uses the term on her own after running into them. "My father told me that flatheads have very small brains!"
* In ''[[Winx Club]]'' (dub version only) , the word "pixie" is used derogatorily by some Cloud Tower students (and staff) when referring to those at Alfea, something the latter clearly does ''not'' like. Usually the term was used by the Trix, but occasionally even Griffin let it slip. This was no longer used after Season Two, where actual creatures properly called pixies were introduced.
* ''[[Rick and Morty]]''; when Summer uses the word "glib-glop", Rick scolds her and tells her not to let any a traflorkians hear her say that, claiming it's worse than the n-word to them, that it's "like the n-word and the c-word had a baby and it was raised by all the bad words for Jews". Seeing as Rick is himself a [[Sir Swearsalot]], he [[Parental Hypocrisy| uses the word himself]] a few scenes later.
* In ''[[Bravestarr]]'', calling [[Hobbits| Prairie People]] "critters" is considered offensive; Bravestarr himself accidentally lets the word slip, and has to apologize to Fuzz as a result. Although, seeing as the "critters" he was referring to are imposters trying to get the Prairie People in trouble, he can be given a mulligan there.
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