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** Common amongst lit and such that involves [[Fur Against Fang|vampires and werewolves]]. Or anything that eats blood or is Lupine, really.

*** [[The Hunter|Rashel]] refers to vampires as "leeches" and werewolves as "puppies" in ''[[Night World|The Chosen]]''.

* The now ubiquitous term ''[[Toon]]'' started out as a slur term for cartoon characters in the novel ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit? ~~(Literature)~~]]?''. (Note the similarity between slurs like ''coon'' or ''cohn'') The movie adaptation ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' still uses it in this sense, although not as blatantly.

* The now ubiquitous term ''[[Toon]]'' started out as a slur term for cartoon characters in the novel ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?]]''. (Note the similarity between slurs like ''coon'' or ''cohn'') The movie adaptation ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' still uses it in this sense, although not as blatantly.

** "Toon" was supposed to be a slur?

*** Given the time period ([[Fridge Logic|now that I think about it]]), it's probably more akin to saying "Colored" in the movie than the N-Word.