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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* In ''[[Shadowrun]]'' settings, or other cyberpunk, Elves are called "keebs" (from Keebler Elves) or "dandelion eaters" as a slur.
** Humans refer to Orks and Trolls, collectively, as "Trogs". Not to be out-done, the Orks call Humans "Breeders
** "Troglodyte" is a generic insult for anyone accused of being primitive
** Dwarves are "squats" or "halfers". And a dragon is "wizworm"
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' has stunties (dwarfs), pointies (elves), and manlings (humans).▼
** Lizardmen call Skaven something that roughly translates to "twisted spawn of the rat". Mind you, this is an ''entirely accurate'' description.▼
*** On the other side of the coin, Skaven refer to just about everything else as "''X''-Thing" (Man-Thing, Dwarf-Thing, Dead Thing, etc...)▼
*** One sourcebook has a Skaven map which uses the Skaven vernacular, in which the Chaos Wastes, populated if at all by mutant monstrosities, is labeled "Thing-Things".▼
* In ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'', werewolves call vampires "leeches," and the vampires (among others) call the werewolves "dogs." The werewolves also have Fantastic Slurs for each other -- "apes" and "monkeys" for those with human parents, "ferals" for those with wolf parents, and "mules" for those whose parents are both werewolves, and who are therefore sterile.
** In ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', ''every'' vampiric clan had a nickname. It could be playful or an obvious slur.
* In another [[White Wolf]] example, the superhero roleplaying game ''[[Trinity Universe (game)|Aberrant]]'' was titled after an in-setting slur—the superhumans of the setting were more politely referred to as "novas," but those distrustful of them (and some novas out to reclaim the term) use "aberrant." By the time of far-flung sequel ''Trinity'' (which was released first), though, the novas were commonly referred to as aberrants.
** On the other side of the coin, the term "baseline" specifies a person who is incapable of achieving Eruption (becoming a Nova), but quickly got co-opted as a slur against unerupted humans in general. "You wouldn't comprehend, you're just a baseline."
▲* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' has stunties (dwarfs), pointies (elves), and manlings (humans).
▲** Lizardmen call Skaven something that roughly translates to "twisted spawn of the rat". Mind you, this is an ''entirely accurate'' description.
▲*** On the other side of the coin, Skaven refer to just about everything else as "''X''-Thing" (Man-Thing, Dwarf-Thing, Dead Thing, etc...)
▲*** One sourcebook has a Skaven map which uses the Skaven vernacular, in which the Chaos Wastes, populated if at all by mutant monstrosities, is labeled "Thing-Things".
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' - psychics call normal humans "blunts" (and are themselves "witches,", "warpfreaks," or "madboys.")
** Navigators, who are raised as nobles and can see the warp, have been known to refer to normal humans as "blinders."
** Techpriests of the Adeptus Mechanicus also do this to normal humans. At least one has been heard to call them 'meatbags.' Techpriests in turn are often called 'cogboys' or some other name referring to their heavy use of artificial limbs/organs.
*** According to the ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' novels, the term cogboy is actually one of the
** Non-humans are referred to by the Imperium as "xenos", "xeno" in the singular, a [[Noun Verber|nouning]] of the [[wikipedia:Xeno|Greek-derived prefix]].
** Orks are referred to by humans as "greenskins". Orks call humans "'umies," though this is probably just because they can't pronounce the word correctly. Orks also refer to Tau as "greyskin", and Eldar as "pointy-eared gits" or "panzees". Ork insults usually aren't of the most creative kind.
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